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General  Ordinances 


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As  Amended  to  November  i,  1915 


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OFFICE  OF  CORPORATION  COUNSEL 

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PRESS  OF 

HALL  &  McCHESNEY 
SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


PAGE 


Auctions,  Auction  Sales,  Auctioneers .  IB 

Bathing  .  14 

Bill  Posting .  76 

Boilers  and  Engines .  79 

Cartmen  .  14 

Cemeteries  .  15 

City  Officers .  83 

City  Seal .  18 

Disorderly  Houses .  36 

Documents  and  Records .  19 

Exhibitions  and  Theatricals .  34 

Fire  Alarm  Telegraph .  20 

Firearms  and  Explosives .  30 

Fire  Limits .  21 

Flags,  City .  18 

Garbage,  Ashes  and  Rubbish .  27 

Hacks,  Public .  32 

Jitney  Busses .  107 

Junk  Dealers .  74 

Itinerant  Vendors .  77 

Milk  .  43 

Miscellaneous  .  84 

Municipal  Lodging  House .  83 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS— (Continued) 

PAGE 

Nuisances .  44 

Ordinances .  115 

Pawnbrokers  .  50 

Parks  and  Public  Grounds .  49 

Petroleum  .  54 

Physicians  .  56 

Police .  56 

Prevention  of  Fire . . .  24 

Public  Markets .  37 

Public  Pound .  10 

Public  Peace .  46 

Railroads  and  Steamboats .  57 

Sale  of  Drugs .  103 

Sidewalks  and  Gutters .  61 

Soliciting  .  113 

Streets  and  Bridges .  5 

Water  .  71 

Weights  and  Measures .  67 


General  Ordinances 
of  the  City  of  Syracuse 

As  Amended  to  November  i,  1915 


COMPILED  BY 

OFFICE  OF  CORPORATION  COUNSEL 

•  1915  • 


PRESS  OF 

HALL  &  McCHESNEY 
SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

•Auctions,  Auction  Sales,  Auctioneers .  13 

Bathing  .  14 

Bill  Posting .  76 

Boilers  and  Engines .  79 

Cartmen  .  14 

Cemeteries  .  15 

City  Officers . 83 

City  Seal .  18 

Disorderly  Houses .  36 

Documents  and  Records .  19 

Exhibitions  and  Theatricals .  34 

Fire  Alarm  Telegraph .  20 

Firearms  and  Explosives .  30 

Fire  Limits .  21 

Flags,  City .  18 

Garbage,  Ashes  and  Rubbish .  27 

Hacks,  Public .  82 

Jitney  Busses .  107 

Junk  Dealers .  74 

Itinerant  Vendors .  77 

Milk  .  43 

Miscellaneous  .  84 

Municipal  Lodging  House .  83 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS— (Continued) 


PAGE 

Nuisances .  44 

Ordinances .  115 

Pawnbrokers  .  50 

Parks  and  Public  Grounds .  49 

Petroleum  .  54 

Physicians  .  56 

Police .  56 

Prevention  of  Fire .  24 

Public  Markets .  37 

Public  Pound .  10 

Public  Peace .  46 

Railroads  and  Steamboats . .  57 

Sale  of  Drugs .  103 

Sidewalks  and  Gutters .  61 

Soliciting  .  113 

Streets  and  Bridges .  5 

Water  .  71 

Weights  and  Measures .  67 


GENERAL  ORDINANCES 


All  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  and  each  and  every 
part  thereof  in  force  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  the  ordi¬ 
nances  herein  contained  are  hereby  repealed,  said  repeal  to 
take  effect  from  and  after  the  last  day  of  December,  eighteen 
hundred  and  ninety-nine.  The  ordinances  herein  contained 
to  take  effect  January  one,  nineteen  hundred,  pursuant  to  sec¬ 
tion  thirty-one  of  article  two  of  an  act  of  the  legislature  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-eight,  amended  by  the  legisla¬ 
ture  of  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-nine,  for  the  government 
of  cities  of  the  second  class. 

Provided  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed 
to  effect  the  right  of  the  city  to  sue  for  and  recover  or  impose 
any  penalty  incurred  prior  to  the  first  day  of  January,  nine¬ 
teen  hundred,  under  any  of  the  ordinances  hereby  repealed. 

CHAPTER  1. 

Streets  and  Bridges. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  or 
assist  in  placing ,  or  erect  or  attempt  or  assist  in  erecting,  any 
stone,  brick,  board,  plank,  timber,  lumber,  construction  work 
or  other  material  for  building  in  or  upon  any  street,  alley  or 
public  square  or  city  property  in  the  city  without  written  per¬ 
mission  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

The  commissioner  of  public  works  may  give  permission  in 
writing  to  any  person  to  place  and  keep  building  material  to 
be  used  for  the  purpose  of  building  in  any  of  the  streets, 
alleys  or  public  squares  of  the  city  in  front  of  the  lot  or  place 
where  the  building  is  to  be  erected,  such  permission  shall  not 
be  for  a  longer  period  than  three  months,  nor  shall  it  author¬ 
ize  the  obstruction  of  any  sidewalk  or  gutter,  nor  more  than 

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one-half  of  the  carriage  way  of  the  street  against  such  lot  or 
place.  Any  such  permission  may  be  revoked  by  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  works  or  by  the  common  council. 

(Amendment  May  20,  1907.) 

Every  person  obtaining  such  permission  shall  cause  all  such 
materials  and  the  rubbish  accumulated  to  be  removed  from 
the  streets  as  soon  as  the  work  upon  the  building  shall  have 
been  completed  or  the  permission  granted  shall  have  expired 
or  have  been  revoked. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  injure  or  tear  up  any  pavement, 
street  or  crosswalk,  nor  shall  any  person  dig  any  hole  or 
trench  in  any  street  to  connect  with  sewer  or  gas  pipe,  or  for 
any  other  purpose,  without  first  having  obtained  permission 
of  the  commissioner  of  public  works  in  writing;  and  any  per¬ 
son  who  shall  tear  up  the  pavement  of  any  street  or  dig  any 
hole  or  trench  in  any  street  shall  restore  such  street  and  pave¬ 
ment  to  as  good  condition  as  it  was  before,  and  such  pave¬ 
ment  shall  be  relaid  and  such  hole  or  trench  shall  be  refilled 
under  the  direction  of  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  works. 

When  consent  shall  be  obtained  to  connect  with  a  sewer,  the 
person  obtaining  the  same  or  making  such  connection,  or  his 
grantees,  shall  not  be  entitled  to  claim  of  the  city  for  any  dam¬ 
age  sustained  by  reason  of  the  flooding  of  the  sewer  with 
which  such  connection  shall  be  made,  whether  such  flooding 
shall  be  occasioned  by  want  of  capacity  of  such  sewer  or  ob¬ 
struction  therein;  and  any  person  who  shall  connect  a  drain 
or  sewer  from  his  or  her  premises  with  any  public  sewer  shall 
waive  all  damages  which  such  person  may  be  subjected  to  on 
account  of  back  water  from  such  public  sewer. 

§  3.  Any  person  who  shall  dig  or  cause  to  be  dug  any  hole 
or  trench  in  any  street,  lane  or  alley  of  the  city,  and  shall  not 
properly  refill  the  same  before  dark  of  the  same  day,  shall 
notify  the  commissioner  of  public  works  and  the  chief  of  the 
fire  department  that  he  proposes  to  leave  such  hole  or  trench 
open  during  the  following  night  protected  by  a  suitable  guard 
and  signals  and  giving  the  exact  location  thereof  and  shall 
serve  such  notice  before  five  o’clock  P.  M.  of  the  same  day. 


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§  4.  No  person  shall  sweep,  throw  or  deposit,  or  cause  to 
be  swept,  thrown  or  deposited,  any  ashes,  dirt,  stone,  brick, 
straw,  hay,  grass,  weeds,  chips,  shavings  or  rubbish  of  any 
kind,  or  any  slops,  or  foul  liquid  of  any  kind,  into  any  street, 
gutter  or  public  square  or  park,  or  on  any  sidewalk  within 
the  city. 

No  person  shall  deposit  in  any  public  square  except  for  the 
purpose  of  immediate  removal  any  wood,  timber,  lumber  or 
other  material,  and  except  he  shall  forthwith  remove  the 
same. 

§  5.  No  wagonmaker,  blacksmith,  innkeeper  or  other  per¬ 
son  shall  permit  any  detached  vehicle  to  remain  in  any  street 
or  bicycle  in  any  roadway,  and  any  detached  vehicle  so  left  in 
the  street  may  be  forthwith  taken  by  any  policeman  or  the 
pound  keeper  to  the  public  pound,  the  expense  of  such  removal 
to  be  paid  by  the  owner  of  the  vehicle. 

§  6.  No  person  shall  permit  or  cause  any  horse  or  other 
animal,  wagon  or  other  vehicle  or  street  car  to  stand  on  any 
crosswalk  of  the  city  for  a  longer  time  than  is  necessary  for 
a  person  to  alight  therefrom,  or  to  get  into  any  such  vehicle 
or  street  car,  nor  except  for  that  purpose. 

§  7.  No  person  shall,  without  permission  from  the  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  works,  dig,  remove  or  carry  away  any 
stone,  earth,  sand  or  gravel  from  any  street,  lane  or  public 
park  or  square  or  city  property  in  the  city. 

§  8.  No  person  shall  leave  any  horse  or  horses  or  other 
animal  in  the  street  without  being  securely  tied,  or  hitch  or 
fasten  any  horse  or  other  animal  to  any  lamppost  or  tree,  or 
shall  injure  any  tree,  shrub  or  fixture  of  any  kind  in  any 
street,  public  square  or  park  within  the  city. 

§  9.  No  person  shall  break,  injure,  deface  or  molest  any 
lamp,  lamppost,  globe  burner,  or  any  part  of  a  fixture  belong¬ 
ing  to  any  gas  or  oil  lamp  or  electric  light  belonging  to  the 
city  or  to  any  company,  person  or  corporation  or  shall,  with¬ 
out  authority,  extinguish  any  street  light  in  any  street,  lane, 
alley,  public  square  or  park  within  the  city  or  fasten  any 
placard,  handbill,  poster  or  notice,  or  sign  of  any  kind,  or  any 


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article  of  goods  or  merchandise  upon  or  against  or  in  any 
manner  connect  the  same  with  any  lamp  or  lamppost,  electric 
light  or  telephone  pole  in  the  city  or  make  any  other  use  of 
such  lamp  or  lamppost  or  pole  at  any  time. 

§  10.  No  person  shall  use,  open  or  draw  water  from  or  in 
any  manner  interfere  with  any  hydrant  in  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  without  permission  in  writing  from  the  commissioner  of 
public  works. 

§  11.  No  person  shall  haul  or  transport,  or  cause  to  be 
hauled  or  transported  from  or  through  or  across  any  of  the 
streets  within  the  city  any  gravel,  stone,  sand,  dirt,  iron  or 
scrap  iron,  or  other  substance,  in  any  wagon  or  other  vehicle 
which  is  not  so  constructed  as  to  prevent  the  material  with 
which  it  may  be  loaded  from  dropping,  sifting  through  or  in 
any  manner  being  strewn  upon  any  of  said  streets. 

(Amendment  of  January  11,  1909.) 

§  12.  No  contractor  or  employee  thereof  shall  sprinkle 
side  or  crosswalks  within  the  city. 

§  18.  No  person  shall  extinguish,  destroy  or  remove  any 
signal  light  placed  in  or  adjacent  to  any  street,  park  or  alley 
or  public  ground  of  the  city  as  a  warning  of  danger. 

§  14.  No  person  shall  erect  any  pole  in  the  streets,  side¬ 
walks  or  public  squares  of  the  city,  or  extend  any  wire  for  tele¬ 
phone,  telegraph  or  electric  purposes  in  or  across  any  street 
or  public  square  of  the  city  without  permission  by  ordinance 
of  the  common  council. 

§  15.  No  person  shall  throw  or  place  in  or  upon  any  street, 
highway  or  public  place  of  the  city  or  upon  any  railroad  track 
any  salt  or  saltpeter  or  any  substance  for  the  purpose  of  dis¬ 
solving  ice  and  snow,  except  that  the  owner  or  operator  of  any 
street  surface  railroad  may  use  salt  in  necessary  quantities 
upon  the  rails  of  all  the  switches,  curves,  turnouts  and  cross¬ 
overs  between  the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year  and  the 
first  day  of  May  following,  for  the  removal  of  snow  and  ice 
therefrom  and  to  prevent  the  same  from  freezing.  The  quan¬ 
tity  of  salt  to  be  used  and  the  manner  of  applying  salt  to  the 
rails  to  be  under  the  direction  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works. 


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§  16.  No  person  shall  pour,  spill  or  permit  to  drop  upon 
any  asphalt  pavement,  laid  on  any  street  or  alley  or  public 
place  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  any  kerosene,  benzoine  or  other 
similar  oil  or  oily  substance  or  oily  liquid,  and  all  oil  delivery 
wagons  or  tanks  shall  have  securely  fastened  under  the  taps 
or  faucets  thereunto  attached  an  absolutely  oil  or  water  tight 
zinc  lined  box  or  tray,  and  in  filling  any  measure  or  other  ves¬ 
sel  from  said  tap  or  faucet  such  measure  or  other  vessel  must 
be  held  so  that  any  drip  or  overflow  shall  fall  into  said  box  or 
tray,  and  in  removing  the  same  from  over  the  asphalt  pave¬ 
ment  no  drip  or  overflow  from  such  measure  or  other  vessel 
shall  be  permitted  to  fall  upon  such  pavement,  and  no  recepta¬ 
cle  for  holding  oil  shall  be  placed  on  any  asphalt  pavement. 

§  17.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  owner  or  occupant  of 
premises  fronting  upon  any  public  street  or  alley,  in  which 
the  grade  thereof  has  been  legally  established  and  upon  notice 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
plant  shade  trees  along  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  said  premises 
after  the  grade  of  such  street  or  alley  has  been  legally  estab¬ 
lished.  Such  trees,  however,  shall  not  be  placed  nearer  than 
one  foot  from  the  curb  line,  nor  shall  they  be  placed  within 
six  feet  of  the  center  of  the  sidewalk,  except  by  permission  of 
the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

All  shade  trees  growing  along  any  sidewalk  within  the  city 
shall  be  kept  trimmed  at  least  twelve  feet  from  the  ground. 

The  commissioner  of  public  works  may,  however,  allow 
newly  planted  trees  to  remain  untrimmed  provided  they  do 
not  interfere  with  persons  using  the  walk  and  provided  they 
do  not  obstruct  the  light  of  any  electric  lamp.  The  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  works  may  remove  dead  trees  or  limbs. 

§  18.  There  shall  be  maintained  a  gate  or  guard  chain  or 
rope  at  the  entrance  or  approach  of  every  hoist  or  swing 
bridge  within  the  city  which  shall  be  lowered  or  placed  in  posi¬ 
tion  whenever  said  bridges  or  any  of  them  are  open  or  up. 

§  19.  No  person  shall  allow  any  vehicle  to  remain  on  any 
bridge  within  the  city  limits  longer  than  necessary  to  cross 
the  same. 

§  20.  No  person  shall  sell  or  expose  for  sale  any  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise  on  any  bridge  within  the  city  limits. 


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§  21.  No  person  shall  cross  or  enter  upon  any  swing 
bridge  or  hoist  bridge  within  the  city  after  the  signal  shall 
have  been  given  indicating  that  the  bridge  is  to  be  moved. 

§  22.  Whenever  any  person  or  corporation  shall  do  or 
cause  to  be  done  any  steam  or  street  railway  work,  subway 
work,  steam  pipe  work,  the  laying  of  mains,  extending  or 
establishing  any  telegraph,  telephone  or  electric  light  system 
or  any  other  work  of  a  like  nature,  all  excavations  or  under¬ 
ground  work  shall  be  subject  to  inspection,  and  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  works  shall  appoint  a  competent  inspector  of 
such  work  at  a  compensation  not  exceeding  three  dollars  per 
day,  the  cost  of  said  inspection  to  be  borne  and  paid  by  the 
person,  company  or  corporation  doing  or  causing  such  work 
to  be  done.  Whenever  such  work  shall  be  done  in  sections  or 
in  such  a  manner  that  one  inspector  cannot  thoroughly  inspect 
the  same  in  the  judgment  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works, 
then  an  inspector  for  each  section  shall  be  appointed  and  paid 
as  herein  above  provided.  Said  inspector  or  inspectors  shall 
see  that  the  property  of  the  city  and  other  corporations,  per¬ 
sons  or  companies  holding  rights  within  the  streets  are  prop¬ 
erly  protected. 

CHAPTER  2. 

Public  Pound. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  maintained  by  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  a  public  pound  in  which  shall  be  distrained  all  animals 
and  fowls  found  running  at  large  or  pasturing  upon  or  within 
the  limits  of  any  public  street  or  ground,  which  acts  are  hereby 
made  unlawful. 

§  2.  Any  animal  or  fowl  (excepting  dogs  licensed  pursu¬ 
ant  to  these  ordinances)  found  at  large  in  the  streets,  parks 
or  public  places  of  the  city  shall  be  impounded  in  the  public 
pound  and  not  released  therefrom  until  the  owner  shall  pay 
to  the  pound  keeper  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  any  dog  not 
licensed  as  herein  provided,  one  dollar  for  any  other  animal 
and  fifty  cents  for  any  fowl. 

§  3.  The  pound  keeper  shall  provide  necessary  sustenance 
for  all  animals  or  fowls  impounded  and  the  owner  shall  pay 


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the  cost  thereof  in  addition  to  the  fees  above  provided.  It 
shall  be  lawful  for  the  pound  keeper  to  sell  at  public  auction 
any  animal  or  fowl  impounded  after  the  expiration  of  six  days 
upon  two  days’  notice  posted  at  the  pound.  If  the  fees  and 
expenses  are  paid  prior  to  time  of  sale  the  animals  or  fowls 
shall  not  be  sold  but  delivered  to  the  owner  upon  payment. 
The  pound  keeper  shall  render  monthly  to  the  common  council 
a  statement  of  all  money  received  by  him  and  the  names  of 
persons  from  whom  received  and  shall  deposit  the  same  with 
the  city  treasurer. 

§  4.  The  pound  keeper  shall  not  purchase  directly  or  indi¬ 
rectly  any  animal  or  fowl  sold  by  him  as  pound  keeper. 

§  5.  The  city  shall  not  be  liable  to  the  pound  keeper  for  any 
fees  or  expenses  due  him  on  account  of  animals  or  fowls  im¬ 
pounded. 

§  6.  No  person  shall  bury  or  cause  to  be  buried  the  body 
of  any  animal  or  fowl  within  the  limits  of  the  city. 

§  7.  It  *shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  dog  to  run  or  be  at  large 
within  the  city  of  Syracuse  without  being  duly  licensed  and 
wearing  a  metal  tag  as  hereinafter  provided.  Such  license 
shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk  and  continue  in 
force  during  the  fiscal  year  in  which  issued.  Every  person 
receiving  such  license  and  tag  shall  pay  to  the  person  issuing 
the  same  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  dog  so  licensed.  All 
money  so  received,  after  deducting  thirty  per  centum  thereof, 
as  required  by  section  96  of  the  charter  for  the  government  of 
cities  of  the  second  class,  as  amended,  to  be  transferred  to  the 
credit  of  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  police  pension  fund,  and 
said  thirty  per  centum  thereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  treas¬ 
urer.  Any  dog  so  licensed  must  wear  around  its  neck  a  collar 
to  which  shall  be  attached  a  metal  tag  distinctly  marked  with 
the  number  designated  by  the  city  clerk  and  stated  in  the 
license  granted.  Such  metal  tag  shall  be  furnished  by  the  city 
of  Syracuse  without  charge.  Every  dog  shall  be  licensed  and 
wear  the  tag  purchased  in  the  same  manner  yearly  thereafter. 
The  use  of  any  other  tag  as  a  substitute  for  those  furnished 
by  the  city  is  hereby  forbidden.  The  person  issuing  said 
license  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  dog  licenses  granted  which 


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shall  show  the  name  and  residence  of  the  person  to  whom  said 
license  was  given  with  the  number  designated  upon  the  metal 
tag  furnished  therefor  and  the  breed,  color  and  sex  of  the  dog 
licensed,  which  record  shall  be  public. 

(See  Chap.  294,  Laws  of  1902.) 

§  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound  keeper  to  capture, 
seize  and  deliver  to  the  public  pound  any  dog  found  running 
at  large  in  the  city  without  having  a  metal  tag  attached  as 
provided  herein.  Any  dog  so  impounded  may  be  redeemed 
by  any  person  producing  the  license  therefor  with  the  metal 
tag  within  forty-eight  hours  after  capture  upon  payment  to 
the  person  issuing  said  license,  of  the  sum  of  two  dollars. 
Whenever  any  dog  seized  shall  not  be  redeemed  within  said 
period  of  forty-eight  hours,  the  pound  keeper  shall  publish  in 
the  official  papers  of  the  city  a  notice  containing  a  brief  de¬ 
scription  of  all  dogs  seized  and  unredeemed  for  forty-eight 
hours  after  their  capture  and  stating  the  time  and  place,  when 
and  where  the  same  will  be  destroyed  if  not  redeemed,  and  in 
case  the  owner  of  the  dog  is  known  to  the  person  seizing  it, 
a  notice  shall  be  served,  either  personally  or  by  mail,  upon 
such  owner  to  the  effect  that  said  dog  has  been  taken  and  is 
unredeemed,  and  when  and  where  the  same  shall  be  destroyed 
if  not  redeemed.  All  dogs  not  redeemed  within  seventy-two 
hours  after  publication  or  service  of  such  notice  shall  be 
killed  by  the  person  impounding  the  same.  The  person  tak¬ 
ing  or  impounding  such  dogs  shall  make  a  sworn  report  to  the 
common  council  upon  the  first  day  of  each  month,  showing  the 
number  of  dogs  killed  by  him  and  by  whom  captured  during 
the  preceding  month. 

§  9.  Any  person  owning  a  dog  or  harboring  a  dog  upon 
premises  occupied  by  him  or  her  for  three  consecutive  days 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  owner  thereof  and  shall  obtain  a 
license  therefor  as  provided  herein.  There  shall  be  appointed 
a  pound  keeper  who  shall  serve  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
mayor. 


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CHAPTER  3. 

Auctions,  Auction  Sales  and  Auctioneers. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  act  as  an  auctioneer  in  the  city 
of  Syracuse  (except  in  judicial  and  legal  sales)  unless  such 
person  shall  have  complied  with  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New 
York  regulating  auctions  and  auctioneers,  and  shall  also  have 
procured  a  license  from  the  mayor  or  common  council,  to  be 
signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk,  authorizing  such  person 
to  act  as  such  auctioneer. 

§  2.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  determined  by  the 
common  council  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  in  each  case,  and  any 
such  license  so  granted  may  be  revoked  by  the  authority  grant¬ 
ing  the  same. 

§  3.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation,  whether  principal 
or  agent,  entering  into  or  beginning,  or  desiring  to  begin,  a 
transient  retail  business  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  for 
the  sale  of  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  whatever,  whether 
the  same  shall  be  represented  or  held  forth  to  be  bankrupt, 
assignee,  about  to  quit  business,  or  goods  damaged  by  fire  or 
otherwise,  must  first  take  out  a  license  therefor.  The  fee  for 
such  license  shall  be  determined  by  the  common  council  of  the 
city  of  Syracuse  in  each  case,  and  any  such  license  so  granted 
may  be  revoked  by  the  authority  granting  the  same. 

§  4.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation,  whether  principal  or 
agent,  beginning  or  desiring  to  begin  business  in  the  city  of 
Syracuse,  as  provided  in  section  three  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
avoid  or  evade  the  payment  for  the  license  therein  required  by 
the  employment  of  any  regularly  licensed  auctioneer  or  agent. 

§  5.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  provi¬ 
sion  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 
Each  day  said  business  is  carried  on  without  the  procurement 
of  and  payment  for  such  license  shall  constitute  a  separate 
offense. 

(As  amended  November  12,  1906.) 


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CHAPTER  4. 

Bathing. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall,  unless  covered  by  proper  gar¬ 
ment,  swim  or  bathe  in  waters  of  any  canal,  creek  or  other 
public  place  exposed  to  the  public  view  except  such  place  or 
places  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  common  council. 

§  2.  A  free  public  bath  shall  be  maintained  by  the  city.  It 
shall  be  lawful  for  any  orderly  person  to  avail  themselves  of 
the  privileges  of  such  bath;  such  bath  shall  be  kept  open  be¬ 
tween  the  hours  of  6  A.  M.  and  9  P.  M.  each  day,  except  that 
during  June,  July  and  August  such  baths  shall  be  kept  open 
between  the  hours  of  5  A.  M.  and  10  P.  M.  each  day. 

§  3.  There  shall  be  appointed  a  keeper  or  superintendent 
of  such  public  bath  who  shall  superintend  the  same;  he  shall 
keep  such  public  bath  in  a  clean  and  sanitary  condition  and 
report  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works  when  necessary 
repairs  are  needed ;  he  may  exclude  from  the  privileges  of  such 
bath  any  disorderly  person;  he  shall  exclude  from  such  bath 
any  child  not  of  sufficient  age  to  properly  protect  itself ;  he  shall 
carefully  watch  all  children  while  in  the  water  and  see  that  no 
person  unable  to  swim  shall  enter  water  exceeding  his  height 
in  depth ;  said  keeper  or  superintendent  may  whenever  neces¬ 
sary  appoint  such  assistants  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  board 
of  estimate  and  apportionment  to  aid  him  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties. 

CHAPTER  5. 

Cartmen. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  pursue  within  the  city  the  busi¬ 
ness  of  cartman,  drayman  or  expressman  without  a  license 
therefor,  which  license  may  be  granted  by  the  mayor  upon 
application  and  payment  of  a  license  fee  of  three  dollars 
($3.00)  for  each  cart  or  vehicle  to  be  operated  thereunder, 
except,  if  the  vehicle  to  be  operated  thereunder  shall  be  a  fur¬ 
niture  van  or  piano  moving  wagon,  the  license  fee  shall  be  five 
dollars  for  each  vehicle,  said  license  to  be  signed  by  the  mayor 
and  city  clerk  and  continue  in  force  during  the  fiscal  year  in 
which  issued. 

(Amendment  of  May  25,  1914.) 


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§  2.  Every  cartman,  drayman  or  expressman  shall  cause 
his  cart,  dray  or  wagon  to  be  numbered,  such  number  to  be 
furnished  without  cost  by  the  city  clerk  upon  payment  of 
license  fee,  which  number  said  cartman,  drayman  or  express- 
man  shall  keep  attached  to  each  side  of  his  cart,  dray  or  ex¬ 
press  wagon  during  the  term  of  said  license. 

§  3.  The  common  council  shall  from  time  to  time  designate 
a  stand  for  carts,  drays,  hacks,  express  wagons  or  other 
vehicles.  While  waiting  for  employment,  no  cart,  dray,  hack, 
wagon,  or  other  vehicle  shall  be  permitted  to  wait  for  employ¬ 
ment  in  any  other  public  place  other  than  as  so  designated. 

§  4.  No  person  shall  use  any  wagon  or  other  vehicle  loaded 
with  or  carrying  any  freight  or  material  of  the  weight  of  four 
thousand  pounds,  including  the  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  or 
upward  upon  any  paved  or  improved  street  within  the  city, 
unless  the  tires  upon  said  wagon  or  other  vehicle  shall  be  at 
least  four  inches  wide,  and  no  person  shall  use  on  such  street 
any  wagon  or  other  vehicle  loaded  with  or  carrying  any  freight 
or  material  of  the  weight  of  three  thousand  pounds,  including 
the  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  or  other  greater  weight  less  than 
four  thousand  pounds,  unless  the  tires  upon  said  wagon  or 
other  vehicle  shall  be  at  least  three  inches  wide.  Any  police 
officer  or  the  commissioner  of  public  works  or  his  deputy,  or 
any  alderman,  may  require  any  person  whom  he  shall  suspect 
of  violating  this  ordinance  to  weigh  the  load  and  vehicle  at  the 
public  scales. 


CHAPTER  6. 

Cemeteries. 

Section  1.  The  cemetery  known  as  the  First  Ward  ceme¬ 
tery,  located  in  the  first  ward  of  the  city  of  Syracuse,  shall  be 
under  the  charge  of  a  sexton  and  shall  be  subject  to  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinances  of  the  city. 

§  2.  The  cemetery  known  as  Rose  Hill  cemetery,  located  in 
the  fourth  ward  of  the  city,  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  a 
sexton,  who  shall  reside  in  and  have  free  use  of  the  dwelling 
upon  the  cemetery  ground.  He  shall  keep  the  grounds  in  good 


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order  and  as  often  as  necessary,  mow  the  grass  therein  and 
remove  the  weeds  therefrom.  He  shall  enforce  the  ordinances 
and  regulations  concerning  cemeteries  and  shall  have  power 
to  arrest  any  person  trespassing  thereon  in  any  manner.  It 
shall  also  be  his  duty  to  direct  how  and  where  any  dead  body 
not  belonging  to  the  owner  of  any  lot  shall  be  buried,  and  to 
prevent  the  burial  of  any  body  in  any  unsold  lot  or  any  lot  of 
another  person  without  the  owners’  consent.  He  shall  not  be 
an  undertaker.  He  shall  wear  a  badge  with  the  words  “City 
Sexton”  thereon.  He  shall  prepare  graves  at  rates  prescribed 
by  these  ordinances. 

§  3.  The  cemetery  known  as  the  Lodi  cemetery,  located  in 
the  seventeenth  ward  of  the  city  of  Syracuse,  shall  be  under 
the  charge  of  a  sexton  and  shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinances  of  the  city. 

§  4.  The  cemetery  situate  on  farm  lot  number  one  hundred 
sixty-seven  in  that  part  of  the  late  town  of  Geddes,  annexed  to 
the  city  of  Syracuse  by  chapter  397  of  the  laws  of  1886,  and 
now  a  part  of  the  tenth  ward  of  said  city,  shall  be  under  the 
care,  control  and  management  of  five  trustees,  who  shall  be 
residents  and  freeholders  of  the  ninth  and  tenth  wards  of  the 
city  of  Syracuse,  as  provided  by  chapter  457  of  the  laws  of 
1890. 

§  5.  All  applications  for  lots  in  either  of  the  cemeteries 
herein  mentioned  shall  be  made  through  the  sexton  in  charge. 
The  sextons  shall  keep  in  their  possession  cemetery  maps  on 
which  lots  sold  shall  be  designated.  They  shall  also  keep  in 
their  possession  a  book  containing  a  list  of  unsold  lots,  showing 
the  number  and  valuation  of  each  lot  in  each  book.  They  shall 
insert  in  all  certificates  granted  the  name  of  the  person  to 
whom  granted.  These  certificates  shall  specify  the  number  of 
the  lot  and  the  valuation  thereof.  On  issuing  a  certificate  the 
sexton  shall  be  entitled  to  fifty  cents,  to  be  paid  by  the  appli¬ 
cant. 

§  6.  If  the  holder  of  a  certificate  of  a  cemetery  lot  shall  pre¬ 
sent  such  certificate  to  the  city  treasurer  and  pay  over  to  him 
the  amount  of  valuation  therein  specified  within  twenty  days 
from  the  date  of  said  certificate,  such  holder  shall  be  entitled 


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to  a  deed  of  such  lot.  Such  purchaser  on  making  such  pay¬ 
ment  shall  take  said  treasurer’s  receipt  therefor  and  imme¬ 
diately  present  the  same  to  the  city  clerk,  upon  the  receipt  of 
which  the  clerk  shall  cause  the  entry  of  the  sale  to  be  made, 
and  shall  grant  the  deed  of  such  lot  to  the  purchaser,  signed  by 
the  mayor  and  countersigned  by  himself,  and  affix  thereto  the 
seal  of  the  city.  If  the  certificate  is  not  presented  within  the 
time  specified,  the  said  lot  shall  be  forfeited  and  any  body  that 
may  have  been  buried  therein  shall  be  removed  into  public 
ground  at  the  expense  of  the  person  obtaining  said  certificate. 

§  7.  The  city  treasurer  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  ceme¬ 
tery  fund  in  which  all  moneys  received  or  paid  on  account  of 
any  of  the  cemeteries  shall  be  entered.  The  city  clerk  and  city 
treasurer  shall  report  to  the  common  council  annually  state¬ 
ments  of  the  several  accounts  kept  by  them.  The  sextons  shall 
each  annually  report  the  number  of  certificates  granted  by  him 
during  the  year  with  the  description  of  lots  and  the  names  of 
the  persons  to  whom  granted  and  the  date  of  each  certificate. 

§  8.  The  graves  dug  by  sextons  shall  be  of  a  depth  of  five 
feet  and  the  rates  of  compensation  for  digging  and  filling  up 
the  same  shall  be  as  follows:  For  box  graves  for  children 
under  ten  years,  two  dollars;  for  plain  graves  for  children 
under  ten  years,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents ;  for  box  graves  for 
persons  over  ten  years,  two  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents ;  for 
plain  graves  for  persons  over  ten  years,  one  dollar  and  seventy- 
five  cents ;  for  digging  up  a  body  and  refilling  grave,  four  dol¬ 
lars.  In  case  of  reburial  of  such  body  the  regular  fee  for  same 
shall  be  added  to  the  above. 

§  9.  No  person  shall  leave  any  horse  or  vehicle  standing  in 
any  avenue,  street  or  path  in  any  of  said  cemeteries,  nor  shall 
fasten  or  cause  to  be  fastened  any  horse  therein  in  any  other 
place  than  at  posts  provided  for  that  purpose,  or  shall  leave 
any  horse  unfastened  therein  or  in  any  manner  injure  or  de¬ 
stroy  any  tree,  shrub  or  plant  or  crush  or  gather  or  in  any 
manner  destroy  any  flower,  either  wild  or  cultivated,  or  any 
herbage  or  the  fruit  or  product  of  any  such  tree,  shrub  or 
plant  within  any  of  the  cemeteries  aforesaid,  or  shall  ride  upon, 
soil,  deface,  remove,  displace  or  in  any  manner  injure  or  de- 


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stroy  any  monument,  stake,  post  or  other  structure  in  or  be¬ 
longing  to  any  of  said  cemeteries,  or  shall  deposit  or  cause  to 
be  deposited  any  unclean  or  offensive  substance  therein  or 
shall  discharge  any  firearms  in  either  of  said  cemeteries  or  any 
other  place  within  the  city  with  the  intent  that  the  contents 
thereof  shall  enter  either  of  said  cemeteries. 

Children  under  the  age  of  twelve  years  are  hereby  prohib¬ 
ited  from  entering  or  visiting  any  cemetery  within  the  city 
limits  unless  accompanied  by  a  parent  or  proper  guardian. 
Children’s  carriages  are  strictly  prohibited  from  entering  such 
cemetery  grounds  unless  permission  first  be  obtained  from  the 
sexton  thereof. 


CHAPTER  7. 

City  Flags. 

Section  1.  The  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department  shall 
be  the  keeper  of  the  city  flags  and  flag  staffs.  He  shall  see 
that  the  several  flags  are  kept  in  good  order  and  shall  not 
allow  them  to  be  used  except  as  specified  by  these  ordinances. 
He  shall  also  see  that  each  staff  is  properly  painted  and  pro¬ 
tected  from  decay  and  that  suitable  halyards  are  furnished  for 
each  staff. 

§  2.  He  shall  cause  each  flag  to  be  displayed  upon  all  legal 
holidays,  upon  the  day  when  the  governor  of  the  state  or  the 
president  of  the  United  States  is  inaugurated,  also  upon  the 
day  of  inauguration  of  the  city  government,  also  whenever 
directed  to  do  so  by  the  mayor  or  common  council. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  deface  or  injure  any  flag  or  flag-staff 
or  halyard  belonging  to  the  city. 


CHAPTER  8. 

City  Seal. 

Section  1.  The  seal  hereafter  to  be  used  by  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  shall  be  as  herein  described,  to  wit :  In  the  center,  a  loco¬ 
motive  with  train  of  cars  and  section  of  railroad  bridge  over 


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the  canal ;  in  the  background  a  row  of  salt  blocks,  hills  and  the 
rising  sun  surmounted  by  the  words  “Central  City;”  in  the 
foreground  a  solar  salt  field,  canal,  loaded  canal  boat  with  team 
of  horses  and  their  driver  towing  the  same,  beneath  which  are 
the  words  and  figures,  “City  of  Syracuse,  1848,”  which  seal 
represented  as  aforesaid  and  hereunto  annexed  shall  be  and  is 
hereby  established  and  declared  to  be  hereafter  the  common 
seal  of  the  city  of  Syracuse. 


CHAPTER  9. 

Documents  and  Records. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  remove  any  papers,  documents, 
books,  property  or  records  of  any  kind  belonging  to  the  city 
from  any  city  building  except  by  order  of  the  mayor  or  com¬ 
mon  council  or  pursuant  to  an  order  of  the  court. 

§  2.  The  city  clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  real  property 
and  interest  in  real  property  acquired  by  the  city  and  shall 
provide  and  keep  for  the  purpose  a  suitable  book  which  shall 
contain  the  entries  relating  to  such  property  given  with  such 
additional  data  in  any  particular  case  as  he  may  deem  impor¬ 
tant. 

For  deeds  of  property — 1.  The  name  of  the  grantor.  2. 
The  character  of  conveyance,  whether  quit  claim,  warranty  or 
full  covenant  deed,  etc.  3.  The  date  of  conveyance.  4.  The 
consideration.  5.  The  description  of  premises.  6.  All  reser¬ 
vations  and  conditions  contained  in  the  conveyance  and  any 
other  portion  of  such  conveyance  which  affects  the  interest  or 
estate  conveyed.  7.  The  date  when  and  the  book  and  page 
where  such  deed  is  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  Onon¬ 
daga  county.  8.  The  date  of  acceptance  of  such  conveyance 
by  the  common  council  of  lands  acquired  under  statutory  pro¬ 
ceedings  or  proceedings  under  the  city  charter.  9.  In  case  of 
lands  or  any  interest  therein  that  have  been  or  shall  here¬ 
after  be  acquired  by  proceedings  taken  under  any  statute,  the 
said  record  shall  contain  a  description  of  the  premises  and  a 
full  statement  of  such  proceedings  with  a  reference  to  the 
record  thereof  in  the  county  clerk’s  office  and  all  maps  relat- 


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in g  thereto.  All  lands  dedicated  to  public  use  by  the  Syracuse 
land  company  or  other  parties.  10.  In  case  of  lands  that  have 
been  dedicated  to  public  use  by  the  Syracuse  land  company,  or 
that  have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  so  dedicated  by  any  party 
where  no  actual  conveyance  has  been  made  there  shall  be 
entered  a  description  of  such  lands  with  date  and  manner  of 
dedication  with  reference  to  all  maps  relating  thereto.  There 
shall  also  be  entered  any  improvement  or  other  act  done  by  the 
city  declaring  or  indicating  an  intent  to  extend  such  lands  for 
public  use. 

§  3.  The  city  clerk  shall  be  the  custodian  of  all  the  deeds, 
conveyances,  abstracts  of  title,  and  all  other  papers  and  docu¬ 
ments  relating  to  or  affecting  the  title  to  any  and  all  real 
estate  owned  by  the  city  and  shall  permit  no  person  or  per¬ 
sons  to  remove  any  such  from  his  office  without  the  written 
consent  of  the  corporation  counsel,  and  shall  have  charge  of  a 
room  in  the  city  hall  in  which  room  shall  be  placed  the  records 
of  the  common  council  and  of  the  various  departments  of  the 
city,  with  the  exception,  that  all  maps  filed  in  the  city  clerk’s 
office  shall,  under  his  control,  be  turned  over  to  the  city  en¬ 
gineer  for  custody,  and  the  city  engineer  shall  index,  pre¬ 
serve  and  protect  said  maps,  against  loss  or  damage,  in  accord¬ 
ance  with  law. 

(Amendment  of  June  28,  1915.) 

CHAPTER  10. 

Fire  Alarm  Telegraph. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made,  or 
use,  or  have  in  his  possession,  any  key,  impression  or  dupli¬ 
cate  of  any  signal  box  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  or  any  police 
patrol  or  signal  box,  without  permission  in  writing  of  the  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  safety. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  give  or  cause  to  be  given  a  false  alarm 
with  intent  to  deceive,  or  pull  the  slide  of  any  station  or  signal 
box  except  in  case  of  fire  in  said  city,  or  meddle  or  in  any  way 
interfere  with  such  signal  box  or  any  part  thereof,  or  break, 
injure,  deface  or  remove  any  part  of  said  box,  or  any  part 


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21 


thereof  connected  with  said  fire  alarm  telegraph,  or  make  any 
connection  or  communication  therewith  so  as  to  interrupt  or 
interfere  with  the  proper  working  of  the  same  or  with  intent 
to  injure,  break  or  destroy  any  machinery  or  fixtures  con¬ 
nected  therewith. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  cause  any  telegraph,  telephone,  elec¬ 
tric  light  or  other  wire  to  be  erected  so  as  to  cross  or  pass 
along  the  line  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  above  the  wire  used 
by  said  fire  alarm  telegraph. 


CHAPTER  11. 

Fire  Limits. 

Section  1.  The  entire  territory  included  within  the  boun¬ 
daries  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  shall  constitute  the  fire  limits  of 
said  city. 

§  2.  No  wooden  or  frame  building  shall  be  built  or  added 
to,  if  already  built  in  part,  or  which  shall  be  more  than  fifteen 
feet  in  height  or  the  area  more  than  two  hundred  square  feet, 
within  the  following  described  boundaries :  Beginning  at  the 
intersection  of  the  foot  of  West  Adams  street  and  Onondaga 
creek,  along  West  Adams  and  East  Adams  streets  to  Mont¬ 
gomery  street,  along  Montgomery  street  to  Cedar  street,  along 
Cedar  street  to  South  State  street,  along  South  State  street  to 
North  State  street  along  North  State  street  to  Laurel  street, 
thence  northwesterly  along  Laurel  street  to  Townsend  street, 
along  Townsend  street  to  Isabella  street,  thence  southwesterly 
along  Isabella  street  to  North  State  street,  thence  southwest¬ 
erly  along  North  State  street  to  Salt  street,  thence  southerly 
along  Salt  street  to  Laurel  street,  thence  southwesterly  along 
Laurel  street  and  its  south  line  projected  up  Onondaga  creek, 
thence  southerly  to  West  Genesee  street,  thence  westerly  along 
West  Genesee  street  to  North  West  street,  thence  southerly 
along  North  West  street  to  Tracy  street,  thence  southwesterly 
along  Tracy  street  to  a  point  opposite  the  center  of  Wyoming 
street,  thence  southerly  to  and  along  Wyoming  street  to  Otisco 
street,  thence  easterly  along  Otisco  street  to  South  West  street, 
thence  northerly  along  South  West  street  to  West  Jefferson 


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street  to  Onondaga  creek,  thence  southerly  along  said  creek 
to  West  Adams  street,  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

§  3.  No  wooden  building  or  part  of  such  building  situated 
within  the  boundaries  described  in  the  foregoing  second  sec¬ 
tion,  shall  be  raised,  enlarged  or  removed  from  one  place  to 
another  within  the  said  boundaries,  nor  shall  any  such  building 
be  removed  from  without  to  any  place  within  said  boundaries. 
No  wooden  buildings  within  said  boundaries  which  may  here¬ 
after  be  damaged  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  centum  of  the  value 
thereof,  shall  be  repaired  or  rebuilt,  nor  shall  any  building 
when  the  damage  to  the  same  shall  be  less  than  fifty  per 
centum  be  so  repaired  as  to  be  raised  higher  than  the  highest 
point  left  standing  after  such  damage  shall  have  occurred  and 
then  only  by  permission  of  the  fire  marshal.  The  amount  of 
damages  aforesaid  shall  be  determined  by  the  fire  marshal. 

§  4.  No  depositories  for  ashes  within  the  fire  limits  of  the 
city  shall  be  built  except  of  brick  or  stone  or  other  fireproof 
material. 

§  5.  No  owner,  builder  or  other  person  shall  build  or  add 
any  erection  to  any  building  or  part  of  a  building  within  the 
boundaries  described  in  the  second  section  of  this  chapter  con¬ 
trary  to  or  in  any  other  manner  than  authorized  by  the  fore¬ 
going  provisions  of  this  chapter,  or  shall  remove  or  assist  in 
removing  any  wooden  buildings  from  one  place  to  another 
within  the  said  boundaries  or  from  without  said  boundaries  to 
any  place  within  the  same  or  repair  or  assist  in  repairing  any 
damaged  wooden  building  contrary  to  any  of  the  foregoing 
provisions  of  this  chapter. 

§  6.  No  wooden  building  or  wooden  structure  of  any  de¬ 
scription  shall  be  built,  nor  shall  any  such  building  or  struc¬ 
ture  be  enlarged  or  raised  within  the  fire  limits  of  the  city 
or  without  the  boundaries  described  in  the  second  section  of 
this  chapter  without  the  permission  of  the  fire  marshal  in 
writing. 

§  7.  No  wooden  building  or  wooden  structure  of  any  de¬ 
scription  shall  be  moved  from  one  place  to  another  within  the 
fire  limits  and  without  the  boundaries  described  in  the  second 


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23 


section  of  this  chapter  or  from  without  to  any  point  within 
said  fire  limits  without  the  permission  of  the  common  council. 

§  8.  No  fence  or  bill  advertising  or  sign  board  against  or 
upon  the  line  of  any  fence  shall  be  erected  within  the  city  limits 
to  a  greater  height  than  six  and  one-half  feet  from  the  ordi¬ 
nary  surface  of  the  ground  without  permission  of  the  common 
council. 

§  9.  All  owners  of  a  building  or  buildings  used  as  a  church, 
hotel,  boarding  house,  factory,  public  hall,  skating  rink,  tene¬ 
ment  block  or  any  building  in  which  twenty-five  or  more  per¬ 
sons  occupying  stories  above  the  second  story  shall,  if  in  the 
opinion  of  the  fire  marshal  the  same  shall  be  deemed  neces¬ 
sary,  build,  erect,  prepare  and  furnish  for  such  buildings,  one 
or  more  fire  escapes  as  may  be  deemed  by  the  fire  marshal 
necessary  and  sufficient  therefor.  Such  fire  escapes  shall  be 
provided  on  the  outside  of  such  building  connected  with  each 
floor  above  the  first,  well  fastened  and  secured  and  of  suffi¬ 
cient  strength,  each  of  the  fire  escapes  to  have  landings  or 
balconies  not  less  than  six  feet  in  length  and  three  feet  in 
width  guarded  by  iron  railings  not  less  than  three  feet  in 
height  and  embracing  at  least  two  windows  at  each  story  and 
connecting  with  the  interior  by  easily  accessible  and  unob¬ 
structed  openings,  and  balconies  or  landings  shall  be  con¬ 
nected  by  iron  stairs  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches  wide, 
the  steps  not  to  be  less  than  six  inches  tread,  placed  at  not 
more  than  an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees  slant  and  protected 
by  a  well  secured  hand  rail  on  both  sides  with  a  twelve-inch 
wide  drop  ladder  from  the  lower  platform  reaching  to  the 
ground.  Any  fire  escape  so  constructed  shall  be  sufficient. 
Any  other  plan  or  style  of  fire  escape  shall  be  sufficient  if  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  fire  marshal,  but  if  not  so  approved  the  fire  mar¬ 
shal  may  notify  the  owner,  proprietor  or  lessee  of  such  build¬ 
ing  or  any  of  them  in  writing  that  any  other  such  plan  or 
style  of  fire  escape  is  not  sufficient  and  may  by  an  order  in 
writing,  served  in  like  manner,  require  one  or  more  fire 
escapes  as  he  shall  deem  necessary  and  sufficient  to  be  pro¬ 
vided  for  such  building  at  such  location  and  of  such  plan  and 
style  as  shall  be  specified  in  such  written  order. 


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CHAPTER  12. 

Prevention  of  Fire. 

Section  1.  No  pipe  of  any  stove,  furnace  or  boiler  shall  be 
put  up  unless  it  be  conducted  into  chimney  made  of  brick  or 
stone,  except  by  permission  of  the  fire  marshal  and  upon  a 
certificate  under  his  hand,  that  in  his  opinion  the  manner  in 
which  it  is  put  up  is  equally  as  safe  as  if  it  were  conducted 
into  such  chimney. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  make  or  keep  a  fire  in  any  yard, 
woodhouse  or  other  outhouse  or  building  in  this  city  unless  in 
some  proper  receptacle  for  fire  communicating  with  a  chimney. 

§  3.  No  hay,  straw,  or  other  combustible  substances  or 
materials  shall  be  deposited  within  fifteen  feet  of  any  place 
where  fire  ashes  are  kept  unless  such  place  be  a  closed  and 
secure  building  and  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  maintain 
a  wood  yard  or  kindling  wood  manufactory  in  which  the  saw¬ 
ing  is  done  by  steam  power  within  twenty-five  feet  of  any 
wooden  building  or  buildings. 

§  4.  No  lighted  candle  or  uninclosed  lamp  or  light  of  any 
kind  shall  be  used  in  any  shop,  stable  or  other  place  or  build¬ 
ing  where  chips,  shavings,  hay,  straw  or  other  combustible 
material  may  be  kept. 

§  5.  Every  carpenter,  joiner,  cooper  or  other  mechanic  or 
person  keeping  a  shop  or  other  building  wherein  chips,  shav¬ 
ings  or  other  combustible  matter  may  be  contained,  shall  at 
least  once  a  week,  or  oftener  if  so  directed  by  the  fire  marshal, 
clean  and  remove  the  same  from  such  shop  or  building  and 
from  any  yard  belonging  thereto  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
securely  stored  in  some  safe  place  remote  from  danger  by  fire. 

§  6.  No  carpenter,  joiner,  cartman  or  other  person  shall, 
in  removing  any  chips,  shavings  or  other  combustible  matter 
from  any  shop,  building  or  yard,  scatter  or  throw  them  in  any 
street  or  lane  or  at  anytime  direct,  permit  or  suffer  any  of 
them  to  be  thrown  or  scattered  in  any  street  or  lane. 

§  7.  No  person  shall  allow  any  article,  material  or  sub¬ 
stance  to  be  stored,  placed  or  kept  within  the  city  limits  which 


Prevention  of  Fire 


25 


shall  be  deemed  by  the  fire  marshal  to  be  dangerous  to  person 
or  property  on  account  of  its  liability  to  fire  or  explosion ;  said 
fire  marshal  shall,  in  writing,  notify  the  person  or  persons  or 
any  of  them  having  the  possession  or  control  thereof,  to  forth¬ 
with  remove  the  same  to  some  place  without  the  city  as  he, 
said  fire  marshal,  shall  designate.  If  such  person  or  persons 
who  shall  have  placed  or  shall  have  the  control  of  such  article, 
material  or  substance,  shall  be  unknown  or  cannot  be  found 
upon  the  premises  where  the  same  is  stored  or  kept  or  shall 
fail  forthwith  to  remove  the  same  after  receiving  such  notice, 
it  shall  be  the  lawful  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  or  any  person 
authorized  by  him,  to  enter  at  any  time,  into  any  dwelling 
house,  store,  stable  or  other  building  or  enclosure,  boat  or 
vessel  or  other  place  or  places  whatsoever,  where  the  same 
may  be  and  remove  the  same  to  such  place  or  places  as  he, 
said  fire  marshal,  may  designate.  The  said  fire  marshal  shall 
give  such  orders  and  directions  touching  the  lying  and  fasten¬ 
ing  of  any  vessel  whatever,  having  on  board  any  gunpowder 
or  other  combustible  materials  which  are  dangerous  in  causing 
or  promoting  fires,  as  he  may  think  conducive  to  safety  or  shall 
direct  such  gunpowder  of  other  combustible  matter  to  be  re¬ 
moved  to  a  place  of  safety  and  if  any  such  order  is  not  forth¬ 
with  complied  with,  he  may  remove  the  same  to  such  place  as 
he  may  designate. 

§  8.  Every  store  or  other  building  exceeding  two  stories 
in  height,  wherein  any  mercantile  or  manufacturing  business 
is  carried  on,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  shall  have  a  scuttle 
on  the  roof  and  a  convenient  and  suitable  stairway  or  ladder 
leading  to  the  same,  so  as  to  afford  a  convenient  access  to  the 
roof  of  such  building  in  case  of  fire. 

§  9.  No  person  shall,  without  permission  of  the  mayor, 
kindle  any  fire  or  furnish  materials  for  any  fire,  nor  in  any 
way  authorize  or  allow  any  fire  to  be  made  or  in  any  manner 
aid  or  assist  in  making  any  fire,  in  any  street,  square,  lane  or 
alley,  or  on  any  wharf  or  dock  or  on  any  vacant  lot  in  this 
city. 

§  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  to  inspect  all 
new  buildings  in  progress  of  erection  and  all  buildings  now  in 


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Prevention  of  Fire 


use  or  undergoing  material  alterations  within  the  fire  limits 
of  the  city  and  in  case  any  building  shall  be  deemed  danger¬ 
ous  on  account  of  liability  to  accidents  from  fire,  by  reason  of 
any  carelessness  or  improper  construction  or  proposed  con¬ 
struction  of  any  chimney,  flue,  wall  partition,  aperture  for 
stove  pipes,  the  location  of  any  boiler,  furnace,  range  or  stove, 
or  other  cause,  the  said  fire  marshal  shall  have  power,  and  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  cause  such  building  or  objectionable  and 
dangerous  parts  thereof  to  be  removed  or  so  constructed  as 
to  be  free  from  such  danger  and  to  conform  to  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter. 

§  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police  to  require 
the  patrolmen  of  each  police  district  to  report  to  him  every 
instance  of  the  commencement  of  the  construction  of  a  new 
building,  or  of  a  material  alteration  of  an  old  building  and 
when  such  report  shall  be  received,  the  said  chief  of  police 
shall  immediately  communicate  the  same  to  the  fire  marshal. 

§  12.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  burn  out  any  chimney 
within  the  fire  limits,  except  by  permission  of  the  fire  marshal 
in  writing. 

§  13.  The  fire  marshal  shall  have  the  right  and  power  to 
enter  any  dwelling,  store,  lumber  yard,  stable,  manufacturing 
establishment  or  any  building  within  the  limits  of  the  city  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  its  condition  relative  to  liability  to 
accident  from  fire  and  to  ascertain  whether  proper  precautions 
*  are  taken  and  observed  and  maintained  against  accidents  from 
fire  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  make  such  examinations  of  all 
business  premises  within  the  city  at  least  once  every  three 
months  and  oftener  if,  in  his  judgment,  it  is  necessary,  and 
at  any  time  at  the  request  of  the  mayor,  the  chief  engineer  of 
the  fire  department  or  the  secretary  of  the  board  of  under¬ 
writers. 

§  14.  Every  person  or  corporation  owning  or  using  a  loco¬ 
motive  or  engine  within  the  city  limits  shall  provide  the  same 
with  the  most  approved  device  for  arresting  sparks  which 
may  otherwise  escape  from  such  locomotive  or  engine,  and 
every  stationary  engine  used  in  said  city  limits  shall  be  kept 
in  an  apartment,  the  walls  of  which  shall  be  of  iron,  stone  or 


Prevention  of  Fire 


27 


brick,  and  the  floor  of  which  shall  be  of  the  same  material  for 
the  distance  of  ten  feet  in  all  directions  from  said  engine. 

§  15.  No  chimney  shall  hereafter  be  constructed  within 
the  city  limits  of  tile  or  any  other  material  than  stone  or  brick, 
well  laid  in  mortar,  nor  shall  any  chimney  be  built  upon  a 
wooden  foundation  unless  the  bottom  of  said  chimney  shall  be 
one  foot  thick  of  brick  well  laid  in  lime  mortar. 

§  16.  Every  chimney  of  brick  or  stone,  which  may  here¬ 
after  be  erected  in  or  adjacent  to  any  building,  shall  be  plas¬ 
tered  on  the  inside,  the  aperture  or  top  thereof  shall  be  at 
least  three  feet  above  the  highest  part  of  the  roof  from  which 
it  issues,  and  the  walls  thereof  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  in 
thickness,  well  laid  in  lime  mortar. 

§  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  and  the  chief 
engineer  of  the  fire  department  to  inspect  all  buildings,  struc¬ 
tures,  walls  or  parts  of  walls  which  have  been  damaged  by  fire 
immediately  after  such  fire,  and  in  case  any  such  building, 
structure,  wall  or  parts  of  wall  shall  be  deemed  by  them  or 
either  of  them  dangerous,  they  or  either  of  them  shall  immedi¬ 
ately  cause  such  dangerous  building,  structure,  wall  or  parts  of 
walls  to  be  removed  or  torn  down  so  as  to  be  free  from  such 
danger  and  to  conform  to  the  provision  of  this  chapter,  and  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  such  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department 
to  adopt  such  measures  and  means  as  he  may  deem  expedient 
and  necessary  for  public  safety  to  remove,  tear  down,  destroy 
or  otherwise  dispose  of  such  dangerous  buildings,  structures, 
wall  or  parts  of  walls;  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  borne  by 
the  owner. 


CHAPTER  13. 

Garbage,  Ashes  and  Rubbish. 

Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  public  works,  with  the 
approval  of  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportionment,  shall 
have  power  to  take  such  measures  as  he  shall  deem  effectual 
for  the  removing  of  garbage,  ashes  and  rubbish  from  the  city 
or  any  portion  thereof. 


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Garbage,  Ashes  and  Rubbish 


§  2.  For  the  purpose  of  these  ordinances  the  term  “garb¬ 
age”  is  hereby  declared  to  mean  every  accumulation  of  both 
animal  and  vegetable  matter,  liquid  or  otherwise,  which  accu¬ 
mulates  in  the  preparation  of  food,  and  all  sorts  of  meats,  fish, 
fowls  or  vegetables  which  are  stored  or  dealt  in  and  are  sub¬ 
ject  to  decay.  The  term  rubbish  is  declared  to  mean  papers, 
rags,  empty  cans,  bottles  and  similar  refuse  and  waste,  but 
does  not  include  grass,  leaves,  cuttings  and  shrubbery,  or 
trees,  pieces  of  wood,  boxes,  barrels,  packages,  packing  or 
similar  materials. 

(Amendment  of  April  27,  1914.) 

§  3.  Every  householder  living  in  any  tenement  or  dwell¬ 
ing  house  in  the  city,  and  the  keeper  of  any  hotel,  restaurant, 
eating  house,  boarding  house,  or  other  place  where  meals  are 
furnished  in  said  city  shall  cause  his  or  her  garbage  to  be 
placed  in  water  tight  covered  metal  cans,  which  shall  not 
weigh  more  than  one  hundred  pounds  when  filled  and  place 
the  same  in  some  part  of  his  or  her  premises  convenient  for 
removal,  or  in  some  place  designated  by  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  at  such  time  as  the  same  shall  be  called  for ;  pro¬ 
vided,  however,  that  any  person  may  be  excepted  from  the  re¬ 
quirements  of  this  section  upon  obtaining  a  permit  to  that 
effect  from  said  commissioner  of  public  works.  Garbage  after 
having  been  put  in  cans  for  removal  shall  not  be  allowed  to  get 
wet  or  freeze. 

§  4.  Every  householder  living  in  any  tenement  or  dwelling 
house  in  the  city,  and  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  store,  office 
or  factory  building  in  the  said  city,  shall  cause  his  or  her  ashes 
to  be  placed  in  fireproof  receptacles  which  shall  be  filled  not 
higher  than  within  four  inches  of  the  top  and  which,  when 
filled,  shall  weigh  not  more  than  one  hundred  pounds  and 
place  the  same  in  some  convenient  place  for  removal,  or  in 
some  place  designated  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  at 
such  time  as  the  same  may  be  called  for;  provided,  however, 
that  any  person  may  be  excepted  from  the  requirements  of 
this  section  upon  obtaining  a  permit  to  that  effect  from  the 
commissioner  of  public  works.  Ashes  after  having  been  put 
in  receptacles  for  removal,  shall  not  be  allowed  to  get  wet  or 
freeze. 


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29 


§  5.  No  person  shall  place  in  any  vessel  used  for  the  de¬ 
posit  of  garbage,  or  mix  or  mingle  with  such  garbage,  any 
ashes  or  other  matter  not  designated  as  garbage  by  section 
two  of  this  ordinance. 

§  6.  No  person  shall  place  in  any  vessel  used  for  the  de¬ 
posit  of  ashes  any  rubbish  or  other  substance,  but  rubbish 
shall  be  deposited  in  a  separate  vessel.  All  rubbish  in  the 
form  of  paper,  rags  and  similar  materials  shall  be  tied  in  bun¬ 
dles.  Not  more  than  four  barrels  of  rubbish  will  be  removed 
from  any  one  place  in  any  one  week.  Vessels  containing  rub¬ 
bish  shall  be  deposited  in  some  place  convenient  for  removal 
or  in  some  place  designated  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works;  provided,  however,  that  any  person  may  be  excepted 
from  the  requirements  of  this  section  upon  obtaining  a  permit 
to  that  effect  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  7.  In  case  of  complaint  or  dispute  arising  as  to  the  place 
where  vessels  containing  garbage,  ashes  or  rubbish  awaiting 
removal  shall  be  put,  the  commissioner  of  public  works  or  some 
subordinate  in  his  office  designated  by  him  for  such  purpose 
shall  forthwith  designate  the  place  or  places  where  such  ves¬ 
sels  shall  be  set  aside  while  awaiting  such  removal,  and  such 
decision  shall  be  final. 

§  8.  No  person  shall  engage  in  the  business  of  collecting 
and  transporting  garbage  without  first  having  obtained  a  per¬ 
mit  from  the  common  council  authorizing  such  person  to  en¬ 
gage  in  the  said  business  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter. 

(Amendment  of  April  27,  1914.) 

§  9.  All  garbage  being  removed  shall  be  carried  through 
said  city  in  water  tight  covered  wagons  or  carts,  or  in  water 
tight  covered  vessels  placed  in  wagons  or  carts,  and  shall  be 
so  loaded  and  transported  that  no  part  thereof  shall  fall,  spill 
or  leak  from  such  vessel;  and  every  such  wagon  or  cart  used 
for  the  purpose  aforesaid  shall  be  kept  clean  and  well  painted 
and  shall  be  marked  with  the  words  “Department  of  Public 
Works,”  with  the  number  of  the  cart  or  wagon,  when  such  cart 
or  wagons  are  in  use,  and  no  cart  or  vehicle  shall  be  used  for 
the  purposes  aforesaid  unless  the  same  shall  have  first  been 


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Garbage,  Ashes  and  Rubbish 


inspected  and  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
or  some  subordinate  from  his  office  appointed  by  him  for  such 
purpose. 

§  10.  No  person  engaged  in  collecting  garbage  or  ashes 
will  do  anything  in  connection  therewith  that  shall  be  need¬ 
lessly  offensive  to  any  person. 

§  11.  All  garbage  removal  shall  be  disposed  of  in  such 
manner  as  not  to  create  a  nuisance  and  the  covers  of  all  carts, 
wagons  or  vessels  used  for  the  purpose  of  removing  such  gar¬ 
bage  shall  be  kept  tightly  closed  while  they  are  being  trans¬ 
ported  through  the  streets  of  the  city. 


CHAPTER  14. 

Firearms  and  Explosives. 

Section  1.  No  person  except  when  on  military  duty  or  in 
case  of  public  celebration  with  permission  of  the  mayor  or 
common  council,  shall  have,  keep  or  possess  in  any  building, 
or  carriage,  or  on  any  dock  or  in  any  boat  or  other  vessel  or  in 
any  other  place  within  the  city  limits,  gun  powder,  giant  pow¬ 
der,  nitro-glycerine,  dynamite  or  other  explosive  material,  in 
quantity  exceeding  one  pound,  without  written  permission 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  safety. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  keep  or  store  any  quantity  of  gun 
powder  exceeding  six  pounds  in  weight  (except  as  provided 
for  in  section  three  of  this  chapter)  in  any  building  or  place 
within  the  limits  of  the  city,  which  said  quantity  of  six  pounds 
hereinbefore  mentioned  shall  be  separated  in  stone  jars  or 
canisters,  each  of  which  shall  contain  not  to  exceed  one  pound 
of  powder. 

§  3.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  merchant  or  person  having 
a  store  or  fixed  place  of  business  upon  written  permission  be¬ 
ing  granted  him  for  that  purpose  by  the  commissioner  of 
public  safety  to  keep  for  sale  at  his  store  or  place  of  business 
any  quantity  not  exceeding  one  hundred  pounds  of  gun  powder, 
upon  condition  that  the  same  be  kept  in  kegs  or  in  cans  or 
other  safe  vessels,  which,  except  during  business  hours,  shall 


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be  deposited  in  an  iron  or  wooden  box  lined  or  covered  with 
iron  or  other  metal  and  marked  “powder”  in  plain  letters,  the 
form  and  construction  of  said  box  to  be  approved  by  the  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  safety,  said  box  with  all  said  powder 
securely  enclosed  therein  except  during  business  hours  as 
aforesaid,  shall  be  placed  on  the  sidewalk  near  the  curbstone, 
in  front  of  the  store  or  building  of  the  person  holding  such 
permit  and  where  it  may  be  conveniently  removed  in  case  of 
fire.  No  gun  powder  shall  be  sold  or  exposed  for  sale  except 
during  daylight. 

§  4.  No  person  shall  convey  or  carry  through  any  street, 
lane  or  alley  of  the  city,  any  gun  powder  exceeding  six  pounds 
in  quantity  unless  the  same  is  secured  in  kegs  or  canisters 
containing  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  pounds  each  and  suffi¬ 
ciently  tightly  enclosed  to  prevent  any  powder  escaping  there¬ 
from.  Said  kegs  or  canisters  shall  be  placed  in  quantities  not 
to  exceed  three  hundred  pounds,  in  wood  or  iron  boxes,  lined 
or  so  constructed  that  no  particle  of  powder  can  escape  there¬ 
from.  And  said  boxes  shall  be  securely  covered  with  canvas 
or  iron  so  as  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  fire  communicating 
with  the  powder. 

§  5.  No  vessel  or  car  laden  in  whole  or  part  with  gun 
powder  or  other  explosive  shall  enter  any  canal  or  upon  any 
railroad  within  the  limits  of  the  city  without  the  written  per¬ 
mission  of  the  commissioner  of  public  safety,  which  permission 
when  granted  shall  designate  the  place  where  said  vessel  or 
boat  shall  anchor  or  car  shall  be  stationed  and  shall  prescribe 
the  time  within  which  said  powder  shall  be  transferred  or  un¬ 
loaded  from  said  vessel,  boat  or  car  and  the  manner  of  trans¬ 
ferring  or  unloading  the  same. 

§  6.  The  commissioner  of  public  safety  may  from  time  to 
time  designate  certain  places  outside  of  the  thickly  settled 
portions  of  the  city  where  gun  powder  and  other  explosives 
may  be  transferred  from  one  car  or  boat  to  another,  or  may 
be  unloaded  from  cars  or  boats,  and  may  also  prescribe  and 
determine  certain  portions  of  the  city  within  which  cars 
loaded  with  gun  powder  and  other  explosives  may  be  brought. 

§  7.  No  person  shall  directly  or  indirectly  leave,  keep,  store 
or  bring  within  the  limits  of  the  city  any  gun  powder  or  other 


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explosives  (except  as  provided  in  the  preceding  sections  of  this 
chapter)  without  permission  in  writing  from  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  safety,  who  shall  limit  the  quantity  of  explo¬ 
sive  articles  aforesaid  so  to  be  kept  and  stored  with  reference 
exclusively  to  the  accommodation  of  the  local  trade  of  the  city 
and  safety  of  the  public. 

§  8.  No  person  shall  discharge  any  cannon,  gun,  fowling 
piece,  pistol,  revolver  or  firearms  of  any  description  or  explode 
or  set  off  any  fire-cracker  or  other  combustible  material  within 
the  city  limits  without  permission  from  the  common  council 
or  written  permission  from  the  mayor. 

§  9.  No  person  shall  without  permission  from  the  common 
council  or  written  permission  from  the  mayor,  discharge  any 
blast  of  gun  powder  or  other  explosive  material  in  the  streets 
or  elsewhere  within  the  boundary  of  the  city  or  direct  such 
discharge  or  be  accessory  thereto. 


CHAPTER  15. 

Public  Hacks, 
article  1. 

Section  1.  This  ordinance  shall  be  known  as  the  public 
hack  ordinance  and  shall  apply  to  vehicles  as  enumerated  in 
this  article. 

§  2.  A  public  hack  is  a  horse  drawn  vehicle  applying  for 
hire  and  which  solicits  patronage  upon  the  streets  and  high¬ 
ways  of  this  city. 

§  3.  A  coach  is  a  vehicle  designed  to  carry  seven  or  more 
persons  from  a  fixed  locality  to  points  in  or  out  of  the  city. 

§  4.  A  taxicab  or  cab  is  a  vehicle  driven  by  mechanical 
power  applying  for  hire  and  which  solicits  patronage  upon  the 
streets  and  highways  of  this  city. 

(Amendment  of  Dec.  29,  1913.) 

This  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  or  govern  any  vehicle 
hired  or  obtained  from  a  livery  stable  or  garage  and  which 
does  not  solicit  patronage  upon  the  streets. 


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ARTICLE  2. 

Section  1.  The  licensing  of  public  hacks,  coaches  and  taxi¬ 
cabs  in  this  ordinance  and  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  safety  of  this  city. 

ARTICLE  3. 

Section  1.  No  public  hack,  coach  or  taxicab  shall  apply  for 
hire  upon  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  without  first 
obtaining  a  license  from  the  commissioner  of  public  safety. 

§  2.  Such  license  shall  be  issued  as  of  January  first  and 
shall  expire  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  next  succeed¬ 
ing  of  each  and  every  year  unless  sooner  suspended  or  revoked 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  safety. 

§  3.  Application  for  licenses  for  public  hacks,  coaches  and 
taxicabs  shall  be  made  by  the  owner  to  the  commissioner  of 
public  safety,  and  such  application  shall  contain  the  full  name 
and  address  of  the  owner,  the  class  of  coach  or  vehicle  for 
which  the  license  is  desired  and  the  public  stand  the  owner 
desires  to  occupy. 

§  4.  The  annual  license  fee  shall  be  as  below  enumerated : 

For  each  hack  or  taxicab,  one  dollar. 

For  each  hack  or  taxicab  occupying  a  special  stand,  two  dol¬ 
lars. 

For  each  coach,  ten  dollars. 

(Amendment  of  Dec.  29,  1913.) 

§  5.  The  commissioner  of  public  safety  shall  keep  a  regis¬ 
ter  of  the  name  of  each  person  owning  or  operating  a  vehicle 
licensed  under  this  ordinance,  together  with  the  license  num¬ 
ber  of  the  same. 

§  6.  Any  owner  or  driver  of  a  vehicle  not  licensed  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  of  a  vehicle 
the  license  of  which  has  been  suspended  or  revoked  and  who 
engages  in  the  business  of  a  public  hackman  as  defined  hereby, 
or  attempts  to  engage  in  such  business,  or  solicits  for  hire  pas¬ 
sengers  or  business  upon  the  public  streets  or  highways  of  the 
city  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be 


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punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  over  fifty  dollars  or  by  imprison¬ 
ment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  both,  and  revocation  of  the 
license  for  one  year. 

ARTICLE  4. 

Section  1.  For  the  purpose  of  regulating  the  use  of  the 
public  streets  and  squares,  and  for  the  purpose  of  fixing  re¬ 
sponsibility  for  the  service  rendered  to  the  public  by  the 
operation  of  licensed  hacks,  coaches  and  taxicabs,  and  for  the 
purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the 
commissioner  of  public  safety  is  authorized  and  directed  to 
locate  and  designate  such  places  as  public  hack  stands  as  he 
shall  deem  best,  and  in  issuing  licenses  for  public  hacks, 
coaches  and  taxicabs,  as  provided  in  this  chapter,  each  license 
shall  specify  the  public  stand  from  which  the  licensee  may 
solicit  passengers  and  business  on  the  public  streets  and  at 
which  the  licensed  hack,  coach  or  taxicab  shall  stand  while 
waiting  for  employment,  and  no  solicitation  or  waiting  for  em¬ 
ployment  shall  be  at  any  other  stand  or  place  in  the  public 
streets. 

(Amendment  of  May  25,  1914.) 


CHAPTER  16. 

Exhibitions  and  Theatricals. 

Section  1.  The  following  named  persons  or  classes  of  per¬ 
sons,  firms  or  corporations,  are  hereby  required  to  be  licensed ; 
every  person,  firm  or  corporation  exhibiting  any  theatrical  or 
opera  performance,  concert,  circus  feats  of  horsemanship, 
acrobatic  performance,  picture  shows,  amusement  parlor,  or 
other  exhibition  of  common  showmen,  including  any  natural 
or  artificial  curiosity,  feats  of  legerdemain  or  necromancy,  or 
opening  or  maintaining  any  hall  or  rink  for  dancing,  skating 
or  other  amusement  for  the  public ;  the  amount  of  the  fee  for 
such  license  shall  be  fixed  by  the  common  council  at  such  an 
amount  as  they  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150.00),  for  a  single  exhibition  or 
a  single  opening  of  a  hall  or  rink,  and  such  license  shall  be 
signed  by  the  city  clerk,  countersigned  by  the  mayor,  and 


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35 


shall  be  issued  by  the  city  clerk  upon  the  payment  to  him  of 
the  fee  prescribed  by  the  common  council.  The  license  shall 
specify  the  object  and  length  of  time  for  which  it  has  been 
granted.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  or  corporation  so 
licensed  to  keep  good  order  in  and  about  his  place  of  exhibi¬ 
tion  or  amusement,  and  for  that  purpose  to  keep,  at  his  own 
expense,  a  sufficient  police  force.  No  license  shall  be  re¬ 
quired,  however,  for  a  dancing  party  or  ball  given  for  pur¬ 
poses  of  charity,  nor  for  musical  parties,  concerts,  theatrical 
performances  or  exhibitions  of  painting  or  statuary  given  or 
made  by  citizens  of  the  city  who  shall  not  make  such  exhibi¬ 
tion,  musical  parties,  concerts  or  theatrical  representations  for 
a  business  or  profession,  except  by  ordinance  of  the  common 
council.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person,  firm  or  corpora¬ 
tion  giving  any  exhibition  hereinbefore  described  in  any  hall, 
theater  or  assembly  room,  to  provide  necessary  exits  there¬ 
from,  keep  such  exits  unlocked  during  performance  and  the 
passageways  and  stairs  from  such  exits  to  the  streets  ade¬ 
quately  lighted. 

(Amendment  of  May  25,  1914.) 

§  2.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  exhibiting  a  circus 
or  similar  show  within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  paying  a 
license  fee  therefor,  as  provided  in  this  chapter,  shall  not  be 
required  to  pay  a  fee  for  any  permit  for  any  parade  upon  the 
streets  of  the  city  incidental  to  such  circus  or  similar  show, 
but  in  case  such  circus  or  similar  show  is  not  exhibited  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  and  no  license  fee  paid  therefor,  then  the 
person,  firm  or  corporation  obtaining  such  permit  for  a  parade 
upon  the  streets  of  the  city  shall  pay,  upon  obtaining  same  a 
fee  therefor,  the  amount  of  which  shall  be  fixed  by  the  com¬ 
mon  council  and  such  permit  shall  be  signed  and  issued  by  the 
city  clerk  and  signed  by  the  mayor. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  within  the  city  appear  in  a  state  of 
nudity,  or  in  a  dress  not  belonging  to  his  or  her  sex,  or  in  an 
indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or  shall  make  an  indecent  exposure  of 
his  or  her  person,  or  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  indecent  or 
lewd  book,  picture  or  other  thing,  or  shall  exhibit  or  perform 
any  indecent  or  immoral  play  or  other  representation,  or  shall 


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exhibit  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  exhibited  on  any  billboard, 
window,  or  in  any  public  place  in  the  city,  any  lewd,  immoral 
or  obscene  picture,  or  illustrated  paper  containing  an  immoral 
picture  or  printed  matter. 

§  4.  No  undertaker  or  other  person  shall  exhibit  any 
coffin,  shroud  or  other  habiliment  of  the  grave  upon  any  side¬ 
walk,  in  any  show  window,  or  other  place  where  the  same 
may  be  observed  by  anyone  passing  upon  any  street  or  side¬ 
walk  of  the  city. 

§  5.  No  undertaker  or  other  person  or  persons  shall  ex¬ 
hibit  in  any  public  place  or  in  any  building  where  the  same 
shall  be  visible  from  any  street,  square  or  alley,  the  remains 
of  any  person  who  has  died  by  accident  or  otherwise. 


CHAPTER  17. 

Disorderly  Houses. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  keep  or  maintain  or  be  an  in¬ 
mate  of  or  in  any  way  connected  with  or  in  any  way  contribute 
to  the  support  of  any  disorderly  house  or  house  of  ill  fame  or 
knowingly  own  or  be  interested  as  proprietor  or  landlord  of 
any  such  house. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  keep  or  be  an  inmate  of  a  gaming 
house  or  room,  or  visit  such  gaming  house  or  room.  No  per¬ 
son  shall  have  or  keep  or  permit  to  be  used  in  any  building 
or  place  in  the  city  occupied  or  controlled  by  such  person  any 
keno  table  or  roulette  table,  faro  bank,  shuffle  board,  baga¬ 
telle,  playing  cards  or  any  instrument  or  device  or  thing  used 
for  gambling  whereon  or  with  which  money,  liquor  or  other 
articles  shall  in  any  manner  be  played  for.  No  owner  or 
keeper  of  or  any  person  within  such  gaming  house  or  room 
shall  refuse  to  permit  the  mayor,  police  justice,  chief  of  police 
or  any  policeman  to  enter  the  same,  or  shall  obstruct  or  resist 
any  of  the  aforesaid  officers  or  persons  summoned  by  them  to 
assist  in  entering  such  place,  or  in  the  destruction  of  any  such 
instruments  or  devices  employed  in  gambling  in  such  places. 


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37 


CHAPTER  18. 

Public  Markets. 

Section  1.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  constitute 
and  be  known  as  the  “market  ordinance”  of  the  City  of  Syra¬ 
cuse. 

§  2.  Description  of  Market  Sites. — The  piece  of  ground  in 
the  sixth  ward  bounded  by  East  Laurel  street,  North  Salina 
street,  East  Belden  avenue  and  Pearl  street  shall  be  known  as 
the  “North  Side  Market.”  The  piece  of  ground  in  the  four¬ 
teenth  ward  bounded  by  West  Taylor  street,  South  Clinton 
street,  lands  of  Elizabeth  Yoa,  old  channel  of  Onondaga  creek 
and  Oneida  street  shall  be  known  as  the  “South  Side  Market.” 
These  pieces  of  ground  are  hereby  designated  as  public  mar¬ 
kets  and  as  the  stands  for  the  sale  of  farm  products.  The 
city  engineer  shall  make  a  map  of  each  of  said  markets  divid¬ 
ing  the  same  into  designated  sub-divisions  for  the  sale  of  farm 
products.  Copies  of  said  maps  shall  be  posted  in  said  markets 
and  furnished  on  demand  to  lessees,  farmers,  gardeners, 
hucksters  and  all  others  interested  by  the  custodians  of  said 
markets  respectively. 

§  3.  Custodians  of  Markets. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
custodian  of  each  of  said  markets  to  have  general  manage¬ 
ment  and  control  of  the  public  market  of  which  he  has  been 
appointed  custodian  and  he  shall  devote  his  entire  time  and 
attention  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office.  Said 
custodians  shall  be  appointed  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works,  and  they  shall  see  that  the  markets  of  which  they  have 
charge,  respectively,  are  at  all  times  kept  in  clean  and  whole¬ 
some  condition,  maintaining  order  therein,  and  shall  employ 
to  assist  them  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  such  employes 
as  shall  be  designated  by  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportion¬ 
ment,  and  such  other  assistants  as  shall  be  furnished  them  by 
the  commissioner  of  public  works.  It  shall  be  the  further 
duty  of  said  custodians  to  make  and  enforce  proper  and  suffi¬ 
cient  rules  and  regulations  upon  their  respective  public  mar¬ 
kets,  the  same  to  be  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  and  the  common  council.  Each  of  the  said  custodians 
shall  submit  to  the  commissioner  of  public  works  each  day  an 


3 


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itemized  return  of  all  receipts,  together  with  the  number  of 
loads  of  hay,  lime  or  other  articles  weighed,  and  shall  deposit 
daily  with  the  city  treasurer  all  moneys  received  by  him  or  his 
assistants. 

§  4.  Market  Days  and  Hours. — Said  markets  shall  be  open 
for  the  transaction  of  business  from  4  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  every 
week  day  from  the  first  day  of  June  to  the  first  day  of  Novem¬ 
ber  each  year,  and  from  6  A.  M.  to  2  P.  M.  from  the  first  day 
of  November  to  the  first  day  of  June  following,  and  when 
required  during  the  holidays  weeks  such  as  Thanksgiving, 
Christmas  and  New  Year’s  weeks  from  6  A.  M.  to  5  P.  M. 
daily. 

No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  sell  or  keep  any  product  on 
the  market  after  the  hours  hereinbefore  designated,  except 
such  farmers  as  shall  have  hay,  straw  or  stalks  which  remains 
unsold  or  not  disposed  of  after  the  hours  hereinbefore  desig¬ 
nated. 

Farmers  may  enter  the  markets  not  more  than  one  hour 
previous  to  the  time  set  for  the  opening  of  said  markets,  but 
no  sale  shall  be  made  or  business  done  until  the  hour  named 
for  opening. 

§  5.  Good  Order. — Idlers  and  dogs  shall  not  be  permitted 
to  remain  on  said  markets.  No  person  shall  be  guilty  of  any 
boisterous  or  disorderly  conduct  upon  the  said  markets  and  no 
person  shall  resist  or  obstruct  the  custodian  thereof  or  any 
officer  of  the  market  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  nor  refuse 
to  allow  the  custodian  to  examine  the  character  and  quality 
of  any  article  of  food  offered  for  sale  or  to  weigh  or  measure 
the  same. 

§  6.  Re-selling. — No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  buy  and 
re-sell  on  either  public  market. 

§  7.  Sale  of  Hay. — The  North  Side  public  market  and  the 
South  Side  public  market  are  hereby  designated  as  the  stands 
for  the  sale  of  hay,  straw  and  like  products  and  loads  of  hay, 
straw  and  like  products  shall  not  stand  in  or  upon  any  other 
public  square  or  alley  exposed  for  sale.  Upon  the  entry  of 
every  load  of  hay,  straw  or  like  product  upon  the  above  men¬ 
tioned  markets  the  owner  or  agent  in  charge  shall  pay  to  the 


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39 


custodian  of  the  market,  or  his  assistants,  for  each  load  of 
hay,  straw  or  grain  25  cents,  and  for  each  load  of  stalks  10 
cents,  for  which  the  custodian  shall  give  the  owner  or  agent 
of  the  load  a  check  or  receipt  which  shall  be  recognized  at  the 
other  market  the  same  as  if  it  had  been  paid  at  such  other 
market.  Every  load  of  hay,  straw,  grain  or  stalks  having 
paid  its  entry  fee  shall  be  entitled  to  full  and  like  weight  with¬ 
out  charge  for  either.  The  scales  erected  on  the  markets 
shall  be  the  scales  for  weighing  hay,  straw,  lime  or  other 
things  within  the  city.  For  every  such  load  weighed  there 
shall  be  paid  to  the  custodian  of  the  South  Side  market  or  to 
the  custodian  of  the  North  Side  market  or  to  the  weigher  of 
hay  the  sum  of  ten  cents  except  where  the  entrance  fee  has 
already  been  paid. 

§  8.  Duties  of  Weigher  of  Hay  and  Custodian  of  South 
Side  Market. — The  said  weigher  of  hay  of  the  North  Side 
market  and  the  custodian  of  the  South  Side  market  between 
the  hours  of  9  A.  M.  and  6  P.  M.  shall  attend  at  their  respective 
offices  at  their  respective  markets  daily  and  when  required 
they  or  their  subordinates  shall  weigh  hay,  lime  or  other 
articles  for  any  person  who  shall  present  the  same  for  this 
purpose,  and  when  required  they  shall  attend  and  weigh  in 
the  platform  scales.  They  shall  weigh  the  articles  offered 
and  the  vehicles  on  which  they  are  loaded  together  and  after 
weighing  the  same  give  to  the  person  who  offered  them  for 
weighing  the  weigh  note  subscribed  by  the  weigher  of  hay  of 
the  North  Side  market  or  the  custodian  of  the  South  Side 
market  as  the  case  may  be  setting  forth  the  gross  weight  of 
both  load  and  vehicle  and  without  separately  noticing  the  tare 
weight  of  the  vehicle  and  shall  affix  the  date  of  the  weighing 
and  the  name  of  the  owner  of  the  article  weighed. 

§  9.  Re-weighing. — The  said  weigher  of  hay  of  the  North 
Side  market  and  the  custodian  of  the  South  Side  market,  after 
having  weighed  any  load,  shall,  without  additional  charge,  at 
the  request  of  the  seller  or  purchaser  of  the  load  made  on  the 
same  day  such  load  was  weighed,  re-weigh  the  vehicle  so  as 
to  ascertain  the  true  net  weight  of  hay  or  other  article  and 
shall  insert  in  any  weigh  note  given  under  the  statement  of 
“gross  weight”  or  the  words  “tare  weight”  with  the  weight 


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of  the  vehicle  opposite  thereto  in  figures  and  deducting  the 
tare  from  the  gross  weight,  shall  sign  his  name  to  the  state¬ 
ment  so  made  by  him.  When  the  load  is  of  quick  lime,  he  shall 
certify  the  number  of  bushels  and  parts  thereof  in  it  at  the 
rate  of  seventy  (70)  pounds  to  the  bushel,  and  for  water  lime 
at  the  rate  of  sixty  (60)  pounds  to  the  bushel. 

§  10.  Tare  Weight. — No  owner  or  seller  of  hay,  lime  or 
other  article  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  have  the  tare  ascer¬ 
tained  as  aforesaid  upon  the  request  of  the  purchaser  made 
the  same  day. 

§  11.  Weighing  Vehicles. — When  any  person  shall  apply 
to  the  weigher  of  hay  of  the  North  Side  market  or  to  the  cus¬ 
todian  of  the  South  Side  market  to  weigh  his  wagons,  cart, 
sled  or  other  vehicle,  he  shall  weigh  the  same  and  enter  the 
weight  thereof  in  a  book  and  shall  mark,  if  requested,  on  some 
conspicuous  part  of  said  wagon,  sled  or  other  vehicle,  the 
weight  of  the  same,  such  person  paying  therefor  the  sum  of 
5  cents  in  addition  to  the  fee  for  weighing  the  contents  of  the 
vehicle. 

§  11V2-  The  weigher  of  hay  shall  when  directed  by  the 
custodian  of  the  North  Side  market  attend  at  the  platform 
scales  and  weigh  all  articles  presented  under  the  direction  of 
the  custodian  of  said  market. 

§  12.  Improver  Substances. — No  person  shall  sell  or  offer 
to  sell,  or  shall  request  to  have  weighed,  any  hay,  lime  or  other 
article  in  which  any  improper  substance  has  been  placed,  or 
where  any  improper  device  shall  have  been  used  to  increase 
the  weight  thereof,  or  shall  knowingly  make  or  alter  any  weigh 
note  or  indorsement,  or  shall  with  intent  to  defraud,  alter  or 
pass  any  true  weigh  note  as  the  weigh  note  of  any  hay,  lime, 
merchandise,  or  other  article  for  which  the  same  weigh  note 
was  not  given. 

§  13.  Storing. — All  persons  are  prohibited  from  storing 
hay  or  building  a  hay  rack  within  the  city  fire  limits,  as  af¬ 
fixed  by  these  ordinances,  without  permission  in  writing  from 
the  commissioner  of  public  safety. 

§  14.  Wood. — Any  person  exposing  wood  for  sale  within 
the  city  limits  by  the  cart,  wagon  or  sleigh  load,  or  in  trucks 


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propelled  by  motive  power,  shall  offer  the  same  upon  the  pub¬ 
lic  markets,  but  upon  no  other  public  square,  street,  alley  or 
place  within  the  city. 

§  15.  Exposing  for  Sale  Meats ,  etc. — No  person  shall  ex¬ 
pose  for  sale  or  offer  for  sale  any  meats  or  poultry,  or  grain 
of  any  kind  from  any  wagon,  sleigh  or  other  vehicle  within  the 
limits  of  the  city  except  upon  the  public  market. 

§  15-a.  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Public  Markets: 

1.  All  hucksters  and  buyers  with  wagons  on  the  North 
Side  market  shall  occupy  the  space  east  of  the  railroad  tracks 
on  Pearl  street  from  Salina  street  to  East  Belden  avenue,  each 
wagon  coming  hub  to  hub. 

2.  Farmers  and  gardeners  on  the  North  Side  market  sell¬ 
ing  to  hucksters  shall  back  up  west  of  railroad  tracks  on  Pearl 
street  from  Salina  street  to  East  Belden  avenue,  each  wagon 
coming  hub  to  hub. 

3.  Retail  dealers,  farmers,  butchers  and  gardeners  on  the 
North  Side  market  shall  fill  space  back  of  the  market  building 
on  Pearl  street,  each  wagon  coming  hub  to  hub. 

4.  Speculators  and  non-producers  are  not  permitted  to  sell 
on  either  of  said  markets. 

5.  All  butter,  poultry  and  other  produce  retailed  by  weight 
must  be  weighed  on  the  city  scales  located  in  market  where 
sold,  and  the  empty  jars  shall  be  weighed  and  marked  free  of 
charge. 

6.  The  walks  in  rear  of  the  North  Side  market  shall  at  all 
times  be  kept  clear.  No  bicycle,  wheelbarrow,  boxes,  barrels, 
crates  or  any  other  obstruction  will  be  permitted. 

7.  Earthen  jars  in  which  butter  is  packed  and  sold  on  said 
markets  must  be  weighed  and  stamped  by  the  custodian  of 
the  market  where  sold. 

8.  No  buyer  or  middleman  shall  take  any  produce  from  a 
market  unless  it  is  actually  sold. 

9.  Buyers  or  middlemen  purchasing  for  storekeepers  or 
other  persons  must  report  to  the  custodian  of  the  market 
where  purchased  the  name  of  the  party  for  whom  purchased, 
the  amount  of  each  purchase  and  the  actual  price  paid  for  the 
commodity.  The  Custodian  shall  then  issue  a  certificate  set- 


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ting  forth  the  facts,  together  with  the  name  of  the  buyer  and 
seller  thereof,  both  of  whom  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor 
for  mis-statements. 

§  16.  Fish. — No  person  shall  offer  for  sale  any  fresh  fish 
from  any  wagon,  sleigh  or  other  vehicle  at  any  place  in  the 
city  limits. 

§  17.  Peddling. — No  person  shall  sell  at  retail  upon  any 
street,  square  or  public  place,  or  hawk,  peddle  or  vend  within 
the  city  limits,  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise  of  any  descrip¬ 
tion  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  from  the  city  clerk, 
to  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk,  and  having  paid  the 
fee  therefor  as  provided  for  by  the  common  council.  All 
licenses  thus  issued  shall  expire  not  later  than  the  end  of  the 
fiscal  year  in  which  issued. 

§  18.  Weighing. — No  person  other  than  the  custodian  of  a 
public  market  or  the  weigher  of  hay  shall  weigh  for  hire  upon 
any  city  market  or  any  other  place  within  the  city  where  the 
public  weigher  is  required  by  this  ordinance  to  perform  such 
duties. 

§  19.  Officers. — The  chief  of  police  of  the  city  of  Syracuse 
shall  designate  a  sufficient  number  of  officers  to  be  in  attend¬ 
ance  daily  at  the  public  markets  during  the  hours  hereinbefore 
designated  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  order  and  for  the 
purpose  of  carrying  out  all  of  the  regulations  of  these  ordi¬ 
nances  and  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  from  time  to 
time  be  established. 

§  20.  Cold  Storage  Goods. — No  person  shall  be  permitted 
to  sell  or  offer  for  sale  upon  the  public  markets  any  cold  stor¬ 
age  eggs,  poultry  or  meats  of  any  kind,  or  any  other  farm 
products,  unless  the  same  shall  be  pure  and  wholesome. 

§  21.  Garbage. — No  person  shall  kill  or  slaughter  within 
the  limits  of  a  public  market,  or  lay,  or  throw,  or  deposit  any 
dirt,  dung,  garbage,  or  offal  therein. 

§  22.  Dressed  Poultry. — Dressed  poultry  of  all  kinds  of¬ 
fered  for  sale  on  a  public  market  must  be  full  drawn,  crops 
and  entrails  out  and  heads  off. 


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§  23.  Badges. — The  commissioner  of  public  works  shall 
provide  a  sufficient  number  of  badges  or  caps  to  be  worn  by 
each  employe  on  the  public  markets. 

§  24.  Officers. — No  officer  or  employe  of  the  market  de¬ 
partment,  or  any  city  officer,  shall  be  interested  directly  or 
indirectly  in  the  sale  or  transfer  of  any  lease  or  privilege  or 
have  any  connection  with  any  market  building  or  buildings 
or  in  or  about  the  public  market  grounds.  Any  person  above 
described  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
forfeit  the  office  or  position  held  by  him. 

§  25.  Violations. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  market 
ordinances  will  be  liable  to  arrest,  and  on  conviction  fined  not 
less  than  five  dollars  or  more  than  thirty-five  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

§  26.  All  ordinances  conflicting  herewith  are  hereby  re¬ 
pealed. 

(Amendment  of  August  24,  1914.) 


CHAPTER  19. 

Milk. 

Section  1.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  peddle 
milk  or  cream  or  deliver  the  same  from  any  cart,  wagon  or 
vehicle  whatever  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  or  to  any  firm, 
co-partnership  or  corporation,  or  in  or  upon  any  of  the  public 
streets,  squares  or  alleys  of  said  city,  without  having  been 
first  duly  licensed  to  do  the  same  by  the  mayor  of  said  city  as 
hereinafter  provided.  Such  license  may  be  granted  and  issued 
by  the  mayor  of  said  city  to  any  person  applying  therefor  upon 
the  production  of  evidence  satisfactory  to  the  mayor  that  such 
applicant  is  able  to  and  will  furnish  good,  pure  and  wholesome 
milk  or  cream  to  the  inhabitants  of  said  city  and  to  such  firm, 
co-partnership  or  corporation,  and  upon  the  payment  of  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  license  fee  for  each  and  every  wagon,  cart 
or  vehicle  used  by  the  said  applicant  in  the  said  business. 

§  2.  The  mayor  is  hereby  empowered,  when  it  shall  appear 
to  him  after  a  hearing,  that  any  person  to  whom  such  license 


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has  been  granted  has  sold  or  delivered  or  caused  or  permitted 
any  person  for  him  to  sell  or  deliver  to  any  inhabitant  or  firm, 
co-partnership  or  corporation  of  said  city  any  adulterated  or 
unwholesome  milk  or  cream  or  has  in  any  manner  violated 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  revoke  any  license 
by  him  so  granted. 

(As  amended  June  10,  1907.) 

§  3.  Every  such  peddler  or  vender  of  milk  shall  cause  his 
wagon  or  vehicle  to  be  numbered,  such  number  to  be  desig¬ 
nated  by  the  city  clerk  and  (together  with  the  name  and  place 
of  residence  of  such  peddler)  filed  with  the  city  clerk,  and 
thereupon  the  city  clerk  shall  furnish  to  such  peddler  without 
further  charge  duplicate  numbers  which  such  peddler  shall 
fasten  upon  his  wagon  or  vehicle  so  licensed  and  used  by  said 
licensee  in  the  peddling  or  distributing  of  milk  in  said  city, 
one  on  each  side  thereof,  so  that  they  may  be  plainly  seen,  and 
shall  there  retain  them  during  the  life  of  such  license;  such 
license  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk  and  shall 
expire  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  it  is  granted. 


CHAPTER  20. 

Nuisances. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  cellar, 
vault,  private  drain,  sewer  or  grounds  upon  any  premises 
belonging  to  or  occupied  by  him  to  become  foul,  offensive  or 
injurious  to  the  public  health. 

§  2.  No  distiller,  brewer,  tanner,  soap  boiler,  tallow 
chandler,  livery  stable  keeper  or  other  person  shall  permit 
the  discharge  or  overflow  from  any  premises  occupied  by  him 
of  any  foul  or  nauseous  liquor  or  substance  of  any  kind  what¬ 
ever  into  or  upon  any  alley,  street  or  sidewalk  in  the  city. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  throw,  place  or  deposit  or  permit 
any  person  in  his  or  her  employ  to  throw,  place  or  deposit  any 
dirt,  dead  animal,  carrion,  putrid  meat  or  fish,  entrails,  shells 
of  clams  or  oysters,  decayed  or  decaying  vegetables  or  foul 
substances  of  any  kind  in  or  upon  any  sidewalk,  street,  alley, 
lane  or  park  in  the  city  or  shall  cause  or  permit  any  such 


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material  or  substance  to  be  or  remain  in  or  upon  any  lot  owned, 
used  or  occupied  by  him  or  her,  whether  so  thrown,  placed  or 
deposited  by  him  or  her  or  not. 

§  4.  No  person  shall  permit  water,  slops  of  any  kind  or 
foul  liquid  to  run  from  his  or  her  lot  in  his  or  her  possession 
onto  any  other  lot  or  into  any  street. 

§  5.  No  person  shall  permit  slops,  water  or  other  liquid 
matter  to  stand  or  remain  upon  any  lot  owned  or  occupied 
by  him  or  her  or  upon  any  lot  of  which  he  or  she  has  control 
as  tenant  or  agent  or  otherwise,  until  the  same  becomes  offen¬ 
sive  or  stagnant. 

§  6.  Whenever  the  owner,  occupant  or  the  agent  of  the 
occupant  of  any  premises  in  or  upon  which  any  nuisance  may 
be  found  are  unknown  or  cannot  be  found  the  health  officer 
shall  proceed  to  abate  such  nuisance,  and  the  expense  of  such 
abatement  may  be  collected  by  suit  against  the  owner,  agent 
or  occupant  in  the  name  of  the  city  or  the  same  may  become 
assessed  and  become  a  lien  upon  the  property,  as  in  the  case 
of  the  assessment  of  sewers,  in  which  case  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  health  officer  to  report  to  the  common  council  the  whole 
amount  of  the  expenses  of  attending  the  abatement  with  as 
full  a  description  of  the  premises  as  may  be,  with  the  name 
of  the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  when  known,  whereupon  the 
common  council  shall  by  ordinance  direct  the  assessors  to 
assess  the  same  upon  the  premises.  Such  other  proceedings 
shall  then  be  had  as  in  the  case  of  sewer  assessments. 

§  7.  No  person  shall  throw,  cast  or  deposit  or  cause  to  be 
thrown,  cast  or  deposited  into  or  upon  the  margin  of  any  canal, 
creek  or  other  public  waters  within  the  city  limits  any  animal 
or  vegetable  substance  or  foul  substance  of  any  kind  what¬ 
ever 

§  8.  Whenever  upon  due  examination  it  shall  appear  to  the 
health  officer  that  the  number  of  persons  occupying  any  tene¬ 
ment  or  building  within  the  city  is  so  great  as  to  be,  in  the 
opinion  of  said  health  officer,  a  cause  or  source  of  bad  health 
or  of  sickness,  said  officer  may  issue  a  warrant  commanding 
the  owner  or  owners  of  such  tenement  or  building  to  remove 


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such  number  of  his  or  her  tenants  from  such  tenement  or 
building  as  may  be  required  by  said  officer  within  such  time 
as  said  officer  shall  name. 

§  9.  No  person  shall  hereafter  be  allowed  to  clean  or 
remove  the  contents  of  any  vault,  cesspool  or  drain  or  to  trans¬ 
port  or  carry  the  contents  thereof  through  the  streets  of  the 
city  without  first  having  obtained  a  permit  from  the  health 
officer. 

§  10.  No  person  shall  carry  or  transport  or  cause  to  be 
carried  or  transported  through,  upon  or  across  or  along  any 
street,  alley  or  other  public  place  of  the  city,  any  manure  un¬ 
less  the  same  be  completely  and  tightly  covered  with  a  wooden 
or  canvas  covering  in  such  manner  as  to  prevent  the  same 
from  being  exposed  to  view  or  dropping  upon  said  street,  alley 
or  public  place. 

(As  amended  April  22,  1902.) 


CHAPTER  21. 

Public  Peace. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  make  or  assist  in  making  any 
improper  noise  or  any  disturbance  or  commit  any  breach  of 
peace  in  the  streets  of  the  city  or  elsewhere  in  the  city  and  no 
persons  shall  collect  in  bodies  or  crowds  in  the  streets  or  on 
the  sidewalks  for  any  unlawful  purpose,  or  for  any  purpose 
to  the  annoyance  or  disturbance  of  citizens. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  disturb  any  congregation  or  assembly 
of  people  met  for  religious  worship  by  making  a  noise  or  by 
rude  or  indecent  behavior  or  profane  discourse  within  a  place 
of  worship  or  so  near  the  same  as  to  disturb  the  order  and 
solemnity  of  the  meeting. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  use  any  scandalous  or  lewd  language 
to  any  other  person  or  of  or  concerning  any  person  in  the 
hearing  of  others,  or  shall  make  any  immodest,  lewd  or  other¬ 
wise  indecent  sign  or  commit  any  other  immodest,  lewd  or 
indecent  act  in  the  presence  of  any  other  person. 


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§  4.  No  person  shall  conduct  himself  in  a  boisterous,  rude, 
insulting  or  otherwise  disorderly  manner,  by  either  words  or 
acts,  toward  any  other  person  with  the  intent  to  abuse  or 
annoy  such  person,  or  so  as  to  annoy  the  citizens  of  the  city 
or  any  portion  thereof  and  disturb  the  good  order  and  quiet 
of  the  same. 

§  5.  No  person  shall  immoderately  ride  or  drive  any  horse 
or  other  animal,  whether  attached  to  a  public  or  private  ambu¬ 
lance,  or  other  vehicle,  in  any  avenue,  street,  lane  or  alley  in 
the  city. 

§  6.  No  person  shall  solicit  alms  in  the  city  for  any  pur¬ 
pose  whatever  without  permission  of  the  mayor. 

§  7.  No  person  shall  carry  about  his  or  her  person  any 
dirk,  bowie  knife,  sword  or  spear,  cane,  pistol,  revolver, 
jimmy,  slung  shot,  brass  knuckles,  razor,  or  any  weapon,  in¬ 
strument  or  thing  likely  to  produce  grievous  bodily  harm.  No 
person  shall  have  or  carry  in  or  upon  the  public  streets  and 
public  places  of  the  city  any  deadly  or  dangerous  weapon,  in¬ 
strument  or  thing  with  intent  to  do  bodily  harm  therewith  to 
any  person. 

(As  amended  June  10,  1907.) 

§  8.  No  person  shall  ring  any  gong  or  bell  or  cry  any  auc¬ 
tion  in  any  street,  lane  or  alley  or  upon  any  sidewalk,  or  upon 
any  piazza,  step  or  platform  immediately  adjoining  any  side¬ 
walk,  lane  or  alley  in  the  city;  no  tenant  or  occupant  of  any 
dwelling  shall  suffer  any  gong  or  bell  to  be  rung  as  a  call  or 
signal  upon  any  street,  lane,  alley  or  sidewalk,  or  upon  any 
piazza,  steps  or  platform  immediately  adjoining  any  sidewalk 
in  said  city. 

§  9.  No  person  shall  play  ball,  beat,  knock  or  drive  any 
ball  or  fly  any  kite  in  any  public  street  or  square  in  said  city, 
or  coast  or  slide  down  any  sidewalk  or  street  upon  any  sled, 
sleigh  or  board  without  permission  of  the  common  council. 

§  10.  No  person  shall  leave  his  wife  and  children  a  burden 
on  the  public  or  neglect  to  support  his  wife  and  children.  No 
person  shall  be  in  a  state  of  intoxication  in  any  highway, 
street,  alley  or  public  place  in  the  city,  or  in  any  private  house 
or  place  to  the  annoyance  of  any  person. 


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§  11.  No  person  shall  indecently  exhibit  any  animal  within 
the  city. 

§  12.  No  person  shall  carry  advertising  boards  or  placards 
through  the  streets  of  the  city  without  permission  from  the 
mayor  or  common  council. 

§  13.  No  sleigh  of  any  kind  without  bells  attached  thereto 
shall  be  used  or  drawn  in  or  through  the  streets  of  the  city. 

§  14.  No  person  shall  fling  or  throw  any  stone,  pebble,  ice 
or  snowball  or  any  hard  or  hurtful  substance  or  thing  by  hand 
or  foot  or  by  any  air  gun  or  other  instrument  within  the 
bounds  of  the  city. 

§  15.  No  person,  society  or  organization  of  any  name  or 
nature  shall  assemble,  congregate,  parade  or  march  in  or 
through  any  of  the  streets  of  the  city,  with  or  without  ban¬ 
ners,  transparencies  or  other  devices,  without  permission  of 
the  mayor  or  common  council. 

§  16.  No  person  who  shall  offer  for  sale  within  the  city 
any  newspaper,  article  of  food  or  other  thing  upon  Sunday 
shall  proclaim  such  sale  by  sounding  a  bell,  gong  or  other 
device  or  by  crying  out  or  shouting. 

§  17.  No  person  shall  operate,  play  or  perform  or  shall 
assist  or  take  part  in  operating,  playing  or  performing  on  any 
organ,  bugle  or  other  musical  instrument  in  or  through  any 
of  the  streets  or  public  places  of  the  city  without  permission 
of  the  mayor  or  common  council. 

§  18.  Any  person  loitering  or  strolling  about  the  streets 
or  public  places  of  the  city,  without  any  lawful  business  or 
occasion  therefor  and  not  giving  a  good  account  of  himself,  or 
unable  to  give  a  satisfactory  explanation  of  his  presence,  or 
who,  in  any  public  street,  park,  playground,  ground,  inclosure, 
structure,  building,  room,  or  place  open  to  the  public,  or  where 
the  public  are  permitted  to  be  for  any  purpose  whatsoever, 
intentionally  and  wilfully  attracts  the  attention  of  any  person 
by  improper,  lewd  or  indecent  acts,  signs  or  words,  or  in  any 
way  or  manner  solicits,  attracts  or  attempts  to  solicit  or  attract 
the  attention  of  another  for  any  immoral  or  unlawful  pur- 


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pose,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  subject  to  a  fine 
not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  or  to  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
fifty  days,  or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

(Amendment  of  March  3,  1913.) 

CHAPTER  22. 

Parks  and  Public  Grounds. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  cut  down,  destroy  or  wilfully 
break,  mutilate  or  injure,  or  aid  or  assist  in  breaking,  muti¬ 
lating  or  injuring  any  fence,  trees,  shrubbery  or  fixture  now 
or  hereafter  erected,  made,  planted,  set  out  or  being  in  or 
upon  any  of  the  streets,  places,  parks  or  public  squares  of  the 
city,  or  do  any  wilful  damage  thereto. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  use  any  park  or  public  place  as  a 
bleaching  ground  or  spread  thereon  any  articles  of  wearing 
apparel,  cloth  or  clothes  or  any  goods  whatever,  or  shake, 
beat  or  cleanse  any  carpets,  cloths  or  mats  therein,  or  hang 
any  clothing  or  other  articles  upon,  or  tie  or  fasten  any  horse 
or  other  animal  to  the  fence  surrounding  or  any  tree  within 
the  same. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  cut,  tread  down,  pull  up,  trample 
upon  or  injure  the  grass  growing  in  any  park  of  the  city,  or 
stand  or  lie  upon  any  part  of  such  park  which  is  or  may  here¬ 
after  be  laid  out  and  appropriated  for  grass  or  shrubbery. 

§  4.  No  person  shall  climb  or  throw  stones  or  other  ma¬ 
terial  or  shoot  into  any  tree  in  any  park,  public  square,  street 
or  lane  within  the  city  for  the  purpose  of  killing  or  frightening 
birds  or  shall  attempt  to  carry  off  young  birds  or  in  any 
manner  disturb  the  nest  or  nests  of  birds  in  any  of  the  trees 
as  aforesaid. 

§  5.  No  person,  persons  or  corporation  shall  set  out  or 
plant,  or  cause  to  be  set  out  or  planted  between  the  curb  line 
and  street  line  of  the  adjoining  lot  on  any  street,  avenue  or 
public  place,  any  tree  which  shall  be  one  of  the  general  class 
known  as  poplar  and  willow  trees. 

(Amendment  of  March  2,  1908.) 


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CHAPTER  23. 

Pawnbrokers. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  carry  on  the  business  of  pawn¬ 
broker  within  the  city  without  having  obtained  a  license  so  to 
do  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  The  mayor 
may  grant  to  any  person  applying  therefor  and  producing 
satisfactory  evidence  of  good  character  and  a  bond  as  herein 
provided  a  license  to  carry  on  the  business  of  pawnbroker, 
which  license  shall  continue  during  the  fiscal  year  in  which 
it  is  issued,  the  fee  for  which  shall  be  one  hundred  dollars. 

No  person  shall  carry  on  the  business  of  a  pawnbroker  until 
he  shall  have  entered  into  a  joint  and  several  bond  to  the  city 
of  Syracuse,  with  two  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor, 
in  the  penalty  of  one  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the 
observance  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Syracuse,  the  faith¬ 
ful  discharge  of  his  duties  as  a  pawnbroker  and  the  accounting 
for  and  paying  over  all  moneys  which  he  or  she  shall  be  liable 
to  pay  as  such  pawnbroker  to  the  city  of  Syracuse  or  to  any 
person.  The  mayor  shall  have  power  to  revoke  the  license  of 
any  pawnbroker  at  any  time  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
commissioner  of  public  safety. 

(Amendment  of  February  24,  1914.) 

§  2.  No  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  pawnbroker 
shall  keep  more  than  one  house,  shop  or  place  for  taking  goods 
to  pawn  by  virtue  of  one  license,  but  persons  in  partnership 
carrying  on  the  trade  together  as  pawnbrokers  in  one  house, 
shop  or  place,  need  procure  but  one  license.  Every  pawn¬ 
broker  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  plainly  written,  at 
the  time  of  each  loan  or  purchase  or  sale  by  him,  an  accurate 
account  and  description  of  the  goods,  articles  or  things  pawned 
or  bought  or  sold,  the  amount  of  money  loaned  thereon  or  paid 
or  received  therefor,  and  the  date  at  which  said  loan  will  be 
due,  the  date  of  the  pledge  or  purchase  or  sale  of  the  same,  and 
the  name,  residence  and  description  of  the  person  pawning  or 
pledging,  or  from  whom  or  to  whom  the  said  goods,  articles 
or  things  were  purchased  or  sold.  The  said  book  shall  be  kept 
clean  and  legible,  with  no  entry  therein  erased,  obliterated  or 
defaced,  and  shall  at  all  times  be  open  for  the  inspection  of  the 


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chief  of  police  or  any  police  officer  upon  the  order  of  the  chief. 
Every  pawnbroker  shall,  at  the  time  of  each  loan,  deliver  to  the 
person  pawning  any  goods,  articles  or  things,  a  memorandum 
signed  by  him  or  her  containing  a  copy  of  the  entry  in  the 
book  herein  provided  for,  and  no  charge  shall  be  made  for  such 
memorandum.  Every  person  shall  exhibit  for  inspection  at 
any  time  to  the  chief  of  police,  or  any  police  officer  upon  the 
order  of  the  chief  of  police,  in  person,  property  that  may  be 
pawned  or  pledged  or  purchased  by  or  left  with  him  or  her  on 
deposit. 

(As  amended  February  6,  1905.) 

§  3.  No  pawnbroker  shall  demand  or  receive  more  than  the 
following  rates  of  interest,  viz:  On  sums  not  exceeding  $2, 
25  cents ;  on  sums  above  $2  and  not  exceeding  $4,  35  cents ;  on 
sums  above  $4  and  not  exceeding  $25,  10  per  cent,  per  month ; 
on  sums  above  $25  and  not  exceeding  $50,  6  per  cent  per 
month;  on  sums  above  $50  and  not  exceeding  $75,  3  per  cent, 
per  month,  and  no  greater  rate  of  interest  shall  be  demanded 
or  received  upon  loans  made  for  a  longer  or  shorter  period, 
and  said  rates  of  interest  shall  be  in  full  satisfaction  of  all 
charges  including  insurance. 

§  4.  No  pawnbroker  shall  sell  any  pawn  or  pledge  until  the 
same  shall  have  remained  in  his  or  her  possession  at  least  four 
months  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  stated  for  the  pay¬ 
ment  of  the  money  loaned  thereon,  nor  until  the  expiration  of 
the  notice  provided  for  in  section  five  or  this  chapter,  nor  until 
after  fully  complying  with  the  provisions  of  said  section  five. 
In  case  any  goods,  article  or  things  which  have  been  pawned 
shall  not  be  redeemed  at  the  time  the  money  loaned  was  due, 
and  the  pawner  or  person  acting  therefor  shall  at  any  time 
within  three  months  thereafter  tender  to  the  pawnbroker  the 
memorandum  therefor,  together  with  the  principal  money 
loaned  and  the  interest  thereon  to  the  date  of  such  tender,  at 
the  rate  specified  in  the  third  section  of  this  chapter,  the  pawn¬ 
broker  shall  immediately  deliver  to  such  person  or  pawner  the 
goods  so  pawned  or  the  value  thereof.  The  chief  of  police  shall 
have  the  right,  power  and  authority  and  it  is  hereby  made  his 
duty  to  appraise  the  value  of  any  pawned  goods  which  such 
pawnbroker  may  be  unable  to  deliver  upon  payment  of  charges 


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thereon  and  the  appraisal  made  by  the  chief  of  police  shall 
in  all  cases  be  final  and  conclusive  to  all  parties,  and  the  pawn¬ 
broker  shall  immediately  pay  to  such  pawner  or  person  the 
amount  so  appraised. 

§  5.  If  any  pawn  or  pledge  shall  remain  unredeemed  for 
a  period  of  at  least  three  months  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  stated  for  the  payment  of  the  money  loaned  thereon,  the 
pawnbroker  having  possession  of  the  same  may  give  notice  to 
the  person  or  persons  pledging  the  same  of  his  or  her  intention 
to  declare  the  pledger’s  title  to  the  pledge  or  pawn  forfeited. 
Such  notice  shall  be  either  written  or  printed  and  addressed 
to  the  pledger,  signed  by  such  pawnbroker,  and  must  state  in 
substance  the  intention  of  such  pawnbroker  to  declare  the 
pledger’s  title  to  the  pawn  or  pledge,  describing  the  same,  for¬ 
feited  at  a  specified  hour,  on  a  specified  day,  not  less  than  one 
month  from  the  service  of  the  notice  as  herein  provided,  un¬ 
less  redeemed  prior  thereto.  Such  notice  must  be  served  at 
least  one  month  prior  to  the  day  of  forfeiture  in  the  following 
manner,  viz : 

First :  By  delivering  to  and  leaving  with  the  pledger  a  copy 
of  said  notice,  or 

Second :  By  depositing  in  the  postoffice  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
a  copy  of  said  notice  enclosed  in  a  securely  closed  postpaid 
registered  wrapper,  directed  to  said  pledger  at  his  place  of 
residence  as  it  appears  in  the  book  to  be  kept  by  pawnbrokers, 
as  provided  by  section  two  of  this  chapter,  if  the  same  be  his 
last  known  place  of  residence,  and  if  not,  then  to  his  last  known 
place  of  residence. 

Every  pawnbroker  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  he  shall  enter 
a  record  of  all  notices  served  as  above  provided,  including  the 
date  and  manner  of  service  and  the  name  of  person  making 
the  same,  which  book  shall  at  all  times  be  open  for  inspection 
of  the  chief  of  police  or  any  public  officer  upon  his  order. 

If  at  any  time  prior  to  the  hour  of  forfeiture  designated  in 
said  notice,  the  pawner  or  any  person  acting  in  his  stead, 
tender  to  the  pawnbroker  a  memoranda  for  the  article  or 
articles  pawned,  together  with  the  principal  money  loaned  with 
interest  thereon  to  the  date  of  such  tender  at  the  rate  specified 
in  the  third  section  of  this  chapter,  the  pawnbroker  shall  im- 


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mediately  deliver  to  the  person  or  pawner  the  goods  so  pawned 
or  the  value  thereof.  If  such  tender  is  not  made  prior  to  the 
hour  of  forfeiture  designated  in  such  notice,  then  the  title  to 
the  pawn  or  pledge  vests  in  the  pawnbroker  absolutely  free 
and  clear  of  all  right  of  redemption. 

§  6.  Every  pawnbroker  shall  cause  to  be  printed  in  large 
type  in  the  English  language,  the  rates  of  interest  authorized 
by  this  chapter,  and  shall  place  a  card  or  table  of  said  rates, 
printed  as  herein  required,  in  a  conspicuous  part  of  the  office 
or  place  where  pawnbroking  business  is  carried  on  so  as  to  be 
visible  to  all  persons  pledging  goods.  No  pawnbroker  shall 
purchase  or  receive  any  goods  in  pledge  from  any  person  who 
shall  be  actually  or  apparently  under  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years  or  intoxicated  or  an  habitual  drunkard,  nor  shall  any 
pawnbroker  employ  any  person  under  the  age  of  16  years  to 
take  in  any  pledge  or  purchase  any  second-hand  property. 
Nor  shall  he  or  she  or  any  of  his  employes  receive  any  goods 
in  pawn  or  pledge  before  seven  o’clock  A.  M.  or  after  eight 
o’clock  P.  M.,  or  on  Sunday.  No  pawnbroker  shall  knowingly 
take  in  pawn  or  pledge  a  partly  manufactured  article  for  wear 
or  consumption  or  otherwise  or  any  material  plainly  intended 
for  the  manufacture  of  said  article. 

(As  amended  February  6,  1905.) 

§  7.  Every  pawnbroker  licensed  under  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter  shall  before  10  o’clock  in  the  forenoon  of  every 
business  day  report  to  the  chief  of  police,  upon  blank  forms 
to  be  furnished  by  the  department  of  public  safety,  giving  a 
description  of  all  articles  purchased  or  received  in  pawn  dur¬ 
ing  the  business  day  last  preceding,  together  with  the  number 
of  pawn  ticket  or  memorandum  issued  therefor,  the  amount 
paid  therefor  or  loaned  thereon  and  a  description  of  the  person 
from  whom  said  property  was  purchased  or  who  made  the 
pledge.  In  case  any  of  said  articles  so  purchased  or  received  in 
pawn  shall  be  found  to  be  stolen  then  the  said  pawnbroker 
shall  upon  request  from  the  chief  of  police  report  in  writing 
the  name  and  residence  of  the  person  selling  or  pledging  said 
article. 

(As  amended  February  6,  1905.) 


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Petroleum 


CHAPTER  24. 

Petroleum. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  keep  or  sell  or  store  in  any  place 
or  building  within  the  city  limits  any  crude  petroleum,  earth 
or  rock  oil  or  any  of  its  products  except  under  the  following 
provisions : 

§  2.  Crude  petroleum,  earth  or  rock  oil  or  any  of  its  prod¬ 
ucts  may  be  stored  in  any  detached  and  properly  ventilated 
warehouse,  the  exterior  walls  of  which  shall  be  of  stone,  brick 
or  iron,  having  raised  sills  at  least  two  feet  high  or  the  ground 
floor  of  which  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  below  the  level  of  the 
street  or  adjacent  land  in  such  manner  as  to  effectually  pre¬ 
vent  any  overflow  of  such  substances  beyond  the  premises 
where  the  same  may  be  stored,  which  said  premises  shall  not 
be  occupied  in  any  part  as  a  dwelling,  and  if  less  than  fifty 
feet  from  any  adjacent  building  the  same  must  be  separated 
by  a  brick  or  stone  wall  at  least  ten  feet  in  height  and  sixteen 
inches  thick. 

§  3.  No  refined  petroleum  or  kerosene  oil  shall  be  kept 
upon  sale  or  stored  within  the  city  limits  the  fire  test  of  which 
shall  be  less  than  110  degrees  Fahrenheit;  said  test  shall  be 
determined  by  the  fire  marshal  and  the  barrels  or  packages 
containing  the  same  shall  be  legibly  stamped  or  marked  by 
him.  When  stored  above  the  cellar  or  basement  of  any  store 
or  building,  and  in  barrels  that  are  not  over  forty-five  gallons, 
or  in  metallic  vessels  or  tanks,  for  the  convenience  of  retailing, 
the  quantity  of  such  refined  oil  stored  shall  not  exceed  the 
contents  of  ten  barrels. 

When  packed  in  hermetically  sealed  metallic  packages,  the 
^quantities  so  stored  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  barrels. 
When  stored  in  cellars  or  basements  surrounded  by  walls  of 
brick  or  stone  at  least  two  feet  below  the  level  of  the  sidewalk, 
street  or  land  adjacent,  the  quantity  so  stored  shall  not  exceed 
the  contents  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  barrels  unless  stored  in 
premises  specially  adapted  to  that  puropse,  as  provided  by 
section  two  of  this  chapter,  provided  also  that  no  quantity  of 
said  oils  greater  than  five  barrels  shall  be  stored  or  kept  in  any 
building  occupied  in  any  part  thereof  as  a  dwelling. 


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55 


§  4.  Benzine  or  naphtha  may  be  stored  under  the  provi¬ 
sions  of  this  section  as  follows :  When  stored  in  or  above  the 
cellar  or  basement  the  quantity  so  stored  shall  not  exceed  the 
contents  of  ten  barrels.  When  stored  in  a  building  any  part 
of  which  may  be  occupied  as  a  dwelling,  the  quantity  so  stored 
shall  not  exceed  three  barrels,  provided  that  nothing  in  this 
chapter  contained  shall  prevent  the  storage  of  crude  or  refined 
petroleum  in  wrought  iron  tanks  detached  from  any  building 
and  especially  adapted  for  that  purpose  or  in  other  tanks  so 
constructed  that  the  top  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  below  the 
level  of  the  street  or  adjoining  land  and  covered  with  at  least 
one  foot  of  earth  when  such  tanks  are  appurtenant  to  or  con¬ 
nected  with  a  refinery  and  shall  meet  with  the  approval  of  the 
fire  marshal. 

§  5.  In  no  case  shall  any  of  the  articles  mentioned  in  this 
chapter  be  allowed  on  any  sidewalk  beyond  the  front  line  of 
any  building  or  in  the  street  a  longer  time  than  shall  be  re¬ 
quired  for  the  storage,  shipment  or  delivery  of  same,  nor  after 
sunset. 

§  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  to  make  an 
examination  of  all  premises  wherein  either  of  the  articles 
mentioned  in  this  chapter  may  be  kept  or  stored,  and  to  report 
any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  at  once  to  the 
commissioner  of  public  safety. 

§  7.  No  person  shall  sell  at  retail  any  kerosene  or  other 
products  of  petroleum  or  any  of  the  fluids  or  oils  mentioned  in 
section  three  of  this  chapter  to  be  used  for  heating  or  illuminat¬ 
ing  or  other  purposes  without  first  obtaining  a  permit  so  to  do 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  safety,  which  permit  shall 
be  for  one  year  and  shall  not  be  transferable  without  the  ap¬ 
proval  of  the  commissioner  of  public  safety.  Such  permit  shall  * 
be  posted  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  store  or  place  of  busi¬ 
ness  of  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  same  is  issued  and 
may  be  revoked  for  cause  by  said  commissioner. 

§  8.  No  person  shall  sell  at  retail,  and  no  person  shall 
deliver  at  wholesale  through  the  streets  of  the  city  any  petro¬ 
leum  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  from  the  mayor 
so  to  do,  said  license  to  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk 


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and  to  expire  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  issued. 
The  fee  for  said  license  shall  be  ten  dollars  ($10)  for  each 
wagon  used  by  retail  peddlers  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($25) 
for  each  wagon  used  for  wholesale  delivery.  Such  license  shall 
not  be  granted,  however,  until  the  permit  provided  for  in  sec¬ 
tion  seven  shall  have  been  obtained  from  the  commissioner  of 
public  safety. 

(Amendment  of  June  1,  1914.) 

§  9.  No  person  shall  in  any  manner  cause  any  mark  to  be 
put  upon  any  barrel  or  package  by  the  fire  marshal,  as  pro¬ 
vided  herein  or  upon  such  barrel  or  package,  a  false  or  fraudu¬ 
lent  mark  or  fraudulently  purchase,  or  sell  any  empty  barrel 
or  package,  with  the  inspection  marked  thereon  with  the  intent 
to  defraud  or  fraudulently  use  any  barrel  or  package  so  marked 
for  the  purpose  of  selling  any  other  article  of  a  quality  or 
quantity  different  from  that  so  inspected  and  marked  on  the 
barrel. 


CHAPTER  25. 

Physicicans. 

Section  1.  Every  physician  practicing  his  profession  within 
the  city  limits,  in  case  of  death  of  any  patient  while  under  his 
care,  shall  give  to  the  friends  of  the  deceased  a  certificate  stat¬ 
ing  name,  nativity,  age  and  cause  of  the  death  of  deceased; 
such  certificate  shall  be  presented  by  the  person  receiving  it  to 
the  sexton  of  any  cemetery  within  the  city  limits  or  to  an 
undertaker  for  record,  on  application  being  made  for  services. 


CHAPTER  26. 

Police. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  resist  any  police  officer  or  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  police  department  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  or 
shall  in  any  way  interfere  with  or  hinder  or  prevent  him  from 
discharging  his  duty  as  such  officer  or  member  or  shall  offer 
or  endeavor  to  do  so. 


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§  2.  No  person  shall  refuse  when  called  upon  by  a  police 
officer  or  other  member  of  the  police  department  to  promptly 
aid  and  assist  him  in  the  execution  of  his  duties. 

§  3.  No  person  shall  falsely  represent  any  of  the  members 
of  the  police  department  or  shall  maliciously  or  with  intent 
to  deceive  use  or  imitate  any  of  the  signs,  signals  or  devices 
or  shall  publicly  wear  any  insignia  or  badge  of  that  depart¬ 
ment. 

§  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  policemen  to  disperse  all  idle 
or  vicious  persons  who  may  be  found  collected  on  corners  of 
streets  or  elsewhere  in  the  city  and  to  protect  the  citizens 
while  passing  along  the  streets  or  into  or  out  of  any  public 
hall  or  place  from  insult  or  annoyance  from  idle,  dissolute  or 
vicious  persons. 

A  report  shall  be  made  by  each  policeman  and  every  person 
connected  with  the  police  department  of  electric  lights  not 
lighted  pursuant  to  contract  or  regulation.  Each  report  shall 
be  filed  with  the  chief  of  police  and  by  him  filed  with  the  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  works. 

§  5.  The  commissioner  of  public  safety  shall  have  power 
to  appoint,  to  serve  without  pay,  two  hundred  special  police¬ 
men,  which  appointments  shall  be  for  the  fiscal  year  in  which 
made,  unless  sooner  revoked  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
safety. 

(As  amended  January  15,  1900.) 

CHAPTER  27. 

Railroads  and  Steamboats. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  railroad  company, 
or  any  of  its  officers  or  employes,  or  any  of  them,  whose  cars 
are  propelled  by  steam  power,  to  propel  its  cars  or  locomotives 
across  or  along  any  street  within  the  city  limits  at  a  greater 
rate  of  speed  than  one  mile  in  eight  minutes. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  street  surface  railway  company 
or  the  owner,  or  operator,  or  any  employe  thereof,  to  propel 
its  cars  within  a  distance  of  one-half  mile  from  the  bridge  at 
the  junction  of  North  and  South  Salina  streets  over  the  Erie 


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canal,  commonly  known  as  the  “Hoist  Bridge,”  at  a  greater 
rate  of  speed  than  one  mile  in  six  minutes  or  at  any  other 
place  within  the  city  limits  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  at 
the  rate  of  one  mile  in  four  minutes. 

§  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  company  own¬ 
ing  or  operating,  or  any  person  in  charge  of  a  locomotive,  en¬ 
gine,  boat,  vessel,  car  or  train  of  cars,  or  any  person  in  the 
employ  of  any  railroad  company,  or  in  the  employ  of  the  owner 
of  any  boat  or  vessel,  who  has  authority  or  power  to  remove 
or  control  a  locomotive,  engine,  car,  train  of  cars,  boat  or  vessel, 
or  the  use  of  steam  in  such  locomotive  or  engine,  to  permit  or 
allow  a  locomotive,  car  or  train  of  cars  to  remain  or  be  left 
standing  in,  across  or  upon  any  public  street,  street  crossing, 
alley  or  public  grounds  within  the  city,  or  to  shift  any  cars, 
locomotives  or  trains,  or  make  up  or  divide  trains  upon,  across 
or  along  any  of  the  streets  of  the  city,  or  to  blow  any  steam 
whistle  or  discharge  steam  from  any  locomotive  or  from  any 
engine  attached  to  any  boat  or  vessel,  to  the  annoyance  of 
horses  or  citizens  within  the  city  limits. 

§  3.  Every  railroad  company  occupying  any  railroad  track 
which  traverses  any  street  of  the  city  shall  at  all  times  remove 
accumulations  of  snow  from  such  street  or  so  level  the  same 
as  to  render  the  said  street  free  from  obstruction  to  the  public 
use  and  travel,  from  danger  to  person  and  property. 

§  4.  No  person  within  the  city  limits  shall  step  or  jump 
upon  or  off  the  step  or  platform  of  any  car  while  the  car  is  in 
motion,  nor  in  any  manner  hang  upon  or  to  any  step,  platform, 
rail,  bumper  or  coupling  of  any  car  or  locomotive  while  such 
car  or  locomotive  is  in  motion,  nor  pass  between  the  cars  of 
any  stationary  train  unless  such  cars  are  uncoupled  and  a 
space  made  for  that  purpose. 

§  5.  No  car  of  any  street  railway  in  the  city  shall  stop  on 
any  street  or  part  of  street  paved  with  asphalt,  brick  or  any 
other  pavement  to  receive  or  let  off  passengers  on  any  cross¬ 
walk  or  at  any  cross  street  except  at  points  where  the  entire 
car  shall  be  outside  the  limits  of  such  cross  street,  nor  shall 
any  detached  car  be  left  standing  in  any  public  street  or  square 
except  when  rendered  necessary  by  excavations  of  sewers  or 


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pavements  in  such  street  or  square,  and  no  motorman  or  other 
person  having  the  charge  and  control  of  any  street  railway 
car  within  the  city  shall  permit  or  allow  such  car  to  pass  any 
other  car  standing  at  any  crossing  for  the  discharge  or  recep¬ 
tion  of  passengers  until  such  car  shall  have  started  and  has 
cleared  at  least  thirty  feet. 

§  6.  Every  owner  or  person  managing  any  steam  yacht  or 
steamboat  which  may  be  used  for  pleasure  or  the  conveyance 
of  passengers  or  freight  or  for  towing  any  boat  or  vessel  upon 
which  passengers  or  freight  may  be  carried  within  the  city, 
shall  forthwith  and  hereafter  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May 
of  each  year  cause  the  boiler  and  attachments  thereto  of  such 
steam  yacht  or  steamboat  to  be  thoroughly  examined  by  a 
competent  inspector  to  be  designated  by  the  mayor,  and  shall 
obtain  from  such  inspector  a  certificate  showing  that  such 
boiler  and  its  attachments  have  been  inspected  and  that  they 
are  in  a  safe  condition  for  use  and  shall  cause  such  certificate 
to  be  conspicuously  posted  in  the  cabin  of  such  steam  yacht  or 
steamboat.  He  shall  also  at  all  times  keep  such  boiler  and  its 
appurtenances  in  proper  repair  and  at  any  and  all  times  permit 
any  person  authorized  by  the  mayor  to  inspect  such  boiler  and 
its  appurtenances,  and  shall,  if  such  inspector  deems  the  boiler 
or  its  appurtenances  to  be  unsafe,  forthwith  repair  the  same. 
The  expense  of  the  inspection  and  the  certificate  hereby  re¬ 
quired  shall  be  sustained  by  the  owners  or  managers  of  such 
boat. 

§  7.  Every  owner  or  person  managing  any  steam  yacht, 
steamboat  or  other  barge  or  vessel  which  may  be  used  for 
pleasure  or  the  conveyance  of  passengers  to  and  from  the  city 
shall,  prior  to  the  first  day  of  May  of  each  year,  cause  said 
boat  to  be  inspected  by  a  competent  person  to  be  designated 
by  the  mayor  and  shall  obtain  from  such  person  so  designated 
a  certificate  which  shall  state  the  number  of  persons  such 
steamboat,  steam  yacht  or  other  vessel  can  receive  on  board 
and  carry  at  one  time  with  entire  safety  to  such  boat  and  the 
persons  received  thereon  and  shall  cause  such  certificate  to  be 
posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  the  cabin  of  such  boat. 
The  expense  of  such  inspection  and  certificate  hereby  required 
shall  be  sustained  by  the  owners  or  managers  of  such  boat. 


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No  person  who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  receive  or  discharge  passengers  upon  or  from 
such  steam  yacht,  steamboat  or  barge  or  other  vessel  within 
the  city  of  Syracuse.  No  person,  whether  the  owner  or  the 
manager  of  such  boat  or  an  employe  thereon,  shall  receive  on 
board  any  such  boat  a  greater  number  of  persons  than  it  is 
stated  in  such  certificate  can  be  received  and  carried  thereon 
with  entire  safety  as  aforesaid. 

§  8.  No  passenger,  employe  or  other  person  shall,  with  in¬ 
tent  to  defraud,  counterfeit  or  falsely  issue  or  wrongfully  use 
any  ticket  or  transfer  of  any  street  railroad  company  entitling 
or  purporting  to  entitle  the  holder  thereof  to  a  passage  upon 
any  street  railroad,  or  with  like  intent  to  sell,  exchange  or 
deliver  or  receive  or  use  in  any  way  such  ticket  or  transfer. 

§  9.  During  the  months  of  November,  December,  January, 
February  and  March  of  each  year  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
street  surface  railway  company  or  corporation  operating  street 
cars  along,  upon  or  over  street  surface  railway  tracks,  to  run 
or  operate  or  cause  to  be  run  or  operated  upon  any  of  its  tracks 
in  the  streets,  highways  and  public  places  of  the  city  any  car 
for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire  which  does  not  have 
a  vestibule  enclosure  upon  the  front  end  thereof,  so  constructed 
as  to  admit  of  light  and  which  will  protect  the  motorman,  con¬ 
ductor  and  persons  operating  such  car  and  the  passengers 
riding  in  and  upon  the  same  from  winds  and  storms ;  such  in¬ 
closure  or  vestibule  shall  inclose  the  front  end  and  one  side  of 
the  front  platform  of  each  car,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
company,  association  or  corporation,  motorman,  conductor  or 
any  other  person  to  run,  operate  or  aid  in  running  or  operating 
or  to  direct  or  cause  the  operation  of  any  street  car  operated 
to  carry  passengers  for  hire  along,  over  or  upon  any  street 
surface  railway  track  or  tracks  in,  along,  upon  or  across  any 
of  the  streets,  highways,  squares  or  public  places  of  the  city, 
which  is  not  vestibuled  as  provided  for  herein. 


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CHAPTER  28. 

Sidewalks  and  Gutters. 

Section  1.  The  occupant  of  each  and  every  tenement  or 
building  in  the  city  fronting  upon  any  park,  street  or  alley  or 
the  owner  or  the  agent  of  the  owner  of  any  vacant  lot  fronting 
as  aforesaid,  shall  at  all  times  keep  the  sidewalk  and  gutters 
along  the  said  premises  clean  and  free  from  all  obstructions 
of  any  kind,  shall  also  keep  closely  cut  all  grass  or  weeds  along 
said  sidewalk  and  shall  clear  said  sidewalk  and  gutter  from  all 
snow  or  ice  that  may  fall  on  or  accumulate  every  day  by  ten 
o’clock  in  the  forenoon  of  each  day  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
kept  clean  from  all  snow  and  ice. 

§  2.  No  person  shall  fasten  a  horse  or  other  animal  in  such 
a  way  that  the  horse  or  other  animal,  vehicle,  reins  or  line, 
shall  be  an  obstacle  to  the  free  use  of  the  sidewalk  or  cross¬ 
walk,  or  shall  lead,  push,  draw  or  suffer  to  remain  upon  any 
sidewalk  any  horse  or  other  animal,  or  shall  leave,  push,  draw, 
ride,  propel  or  suffer  to  remain  upon  any  sidewalk,  any  wheel¬ 
barrow,  hand  cart,  hand  wagon,  motor  cycle,  bicycle  or  other 
vehicle,  or  shall  sell  or  attempt  to  sell  or  cry  for  sale  at  auction 
any  goods,  chattels  or  personal  property,  or  saw  or  split  wood, 
or  mix  or  temper  mortar,  or  curry  or  clean  any  horse  or  other 
animal  or  wash,  clean  or  grease  any  wagon  or  other  vehicle  on 
any  sidewalk  or  crosswalk  or  place  any  stone,  cask,  box,  plank, 
board  or  other  article  on  any  side  or  cross  walk;  but  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  prohibit  merchants  from  placing  goods 
and  merchandise  upon  the  sidewalk  for  the  purpose  of  loading 
and  unloading  the  same,  provided  that  the  same  shall  be  re¬ 
moved  without  unreasonable  delay. 

(Amendment  of  May  16,  1910.) 

§  3.  No  person  or  persons  shall  hereafter  erect  any  awn¬ 
ing  of  wood  or  other  material  except  cloth  upon  or  over  any 
of  the  sidewalks  of  the  city  without  permission  of  the  com¬ 
mon  council.  No  person  shall  erect  any  cloth  awning  over 
any  sidewalk  of  less  than  seven  feet  elevation  from  and  ex¬ 
tending  more  than  six  feet  over  the  walk.  No  person  shall 
suspend  or  place  any  wares,  goods  or  merchandise  in  front  of 
any  store,  shop  or  other  building  so  as  to  obstruct  the  free 
passage  of  the  sidewalk. 


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§  4.  No  person  shall  set  out  or  plant  any  tree  within  one 
foot  of  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk. 

§  5.  No  person  shall  dig  across  the  sidewalks  in  front  of 
the  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him  or  shall  cause  the  same 
to  be  done  without  permission  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  in  writing,  which  permission  shall  state  the  purpose  for 
which  such  digging  is  to  be  done  and  such  person  after  such 
digging  has  been  done  shall  put  the  sidewalk  in  as  good  con¬ 
dition  as  before  and  shall  maintain  the  same  to  the  satisfac¬ 
tion  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  6.  No  person  shall  erect  or  cause  to  be  erected  any  stairs 
leading  from  the  sidewalk  and  continuing  over  the  same  to  an 
entrance  in  the  first  or  other  story  of  the  building  without 
permission  of  the  common  council. 

§  7.  Advertising  signs,  permits  for  required. — No  corpor¬ 
ation,  association,  co-partnership  or  person  shall  construct  or 
maintain  any  advertising  or  electric  sign  in  or  over  any  public 
place,  street  or  alley  in  the  city  of  Syracuse  without  obtaining 
permission  therefor  from  the  common  council  of  said  city  and 
complying  with  all  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Permit,  how  obtained. — Every  application  for  such  permis¬ 
sion  shall  be  in  the  form  of  a  petition  addressed  to  the  com¬ 
mon  council,  shall  contain  an  accurate  description  of  the  por¬ 
tion  or  portions  of  the  public  place,  street  or  alley  desired  to 
be  occupied  and  the  nature,  dimensions  and  character  of  the 
sign  which  it  is  desired  to  erect,  including  the  proposed  word¬ 
ing  in  full  of  such  sign,  the  name  of  the  person  by  whom  such 
sign  is  to  be  hung  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  owner  of  the 
premises  in  front  of  which  it  is  desired  to  construct  or  main¬ 
tain  said  sign.  Every  such  petition  shall  be  filed  with  the 
city  clerk  and  shall  be  referred  by  the  common  council  to  the 
commissioner  of  public  safety  for  examination  and  certifica¬ 
tion.  Permission  and  consent  shall  not  be  granted  by  the 
common  council  to  said  corporation,  association,  co-partner¬ 
ship  or  person  unless,  after  such  examination,  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  safety  shall  report  and  certify  to  the  common 
council  that  the  proposed  sign  complies  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  and  that  in  his  opinion  it  can  be  maintained 


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and  constructed  without  unduly  interfering  or  obstructing 
the  use  of  said  public  place,  street  or  alley. 

Advertising  and  electric  signs ,  attachment  of. — All  adver¬ 
tising  and  electric  signs  extending  over  any  public  place,  street 
or  alley  shall  be  properly  hinged  according  to  specifications  to 
be  furnished  by  the  sign  inspector. 

Weighing  less  than  one  hundred  pounds,  how  supported. — 
Signs  weighing  less  than  one  hundred  pounds  shall  have  one 
main  support  in  the  form  of  a  bolt  through  the  building  wall, 
where  possible,  anchored  by  a  washer  plate  of  at  least  twenty- 
four  square  inches  of  surface  and  one-eighth  inch  thick,  un¬ 
less  the  supporting  chain  or  cable  is  located  at  an  angle 
greater  than  forty-five  degrees,  in  which  case,  approved  ex¬ 
pansion  bolts  may  be  used.  If  the  cable  or  chain  to  be  at¬ 
tached  to  a  bolt  located  at  a  distance  greater  than  one  foot 
from  the  building  wall,  said  bolt  shall  be  supported  with  a 
brace.  For  signs  weighing  less  than  one  hundred  pounds  the 
minimum  size  of  the  steel  cable  shall  be  one-eighth  of  an  inch 
in  diameter;  the  minimum  size  of  chain  allowed  shall  be  one- 
eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  Where  the  angle  of  the  sup¬ 
porting  chain  or  cable  is  less  than  forty-five  degrees,  the  cable 
shall  be  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  the  chain 
one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  diameter. 

From  one  hundred  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  how 
supported. — Signs  weighing  between  one  hundred  and  two 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  shall  have  one  main  support  in  the 
form  of  a  bolt  through  the  building  wall  where  possible,  an¬ 
chored  by  a  washer  plate  of  at  least  thirty  square  inches  of 
surface  and  one-eighth  inch  in  thickness.  If  this  is  not  pos¬ 
sible,  two  main  supports  anchored  by  approved  expansion 
bolts  may  be  used.  If  the  cable  or  chain  be  attached  to  a  bolt 
located  at  a  distance  greater  than  six  inches  from  the  the 
building  wall,  the  bolt  shall  be  supported  with  a  brace.  The 
minimum  size  of  steel  cable  shall  be  one-quarter  inch  in  diam¬ 
eter.  The  minimum  size  of  chain  shall  be  one-quarter  inch  in 
diameter.  Where  the  angle  of  the  supporting  chain  or  cable 
is  less  than  forty-five  degrees,  the  cable  shall  be  five-sixteenths 
of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  the  chain  shall  be  five-sixteenths 
of  an  inch  in  diameter. 


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From  two  hundred  and  fifty  to  three  hundred  and  fifty ,  how 
supported. — Signs  weighing  between  two  hundred  and  fifty 
and  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  shall  have  two  main  sup¬ 
ports  in  the  form  of  bolts  through  the  building  wall,  anchored 
by  washer  plates  of  at  least  thirty-six  square  inches  in  sur¬ 
face  and  one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  thickness.  If  this  is  not 
possible,  two  main  supports  anchored  by  two  approved  ex¬ 
pansion  bolts  may  be  used.  The  minimum  size  of  steel  cable 
allowed  shall  be  three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  The 
minimum  size  of  chain  allowed  shall  be  three-eighths  of  an 
inch  in  diameter.  Where  the  angle  of  the  supporting  chain  or 
cable  is  less  than  forty-five  degrees  the  steel  cable  shall  be 
seven-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  the  chain  seven- 
sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  For  signs  of  this  weight 
or  greater,  plans  and  details  shall  be  submitted  if  desired  with 
the  application  for  approval  or  rejection  by  the  commissioner 
of  public  safety. 

Chains  and  cable. — All  chains  shall  be  galvanized.  All  cable 
shall  be  galvanized  and  shall  consist  of  seven  strands. 

Weight  of  signs. — Horizontal  signs  shall  not  exceed  in 
weight  four  pounds  per  square  foot  and  vertical  signs  not 
more  than  six  pounds  per  square  foot,  the  weight  of  ladder 
included.  All  signs  erected  under  this  ordinance  shall  have 
the  weight  marked  on  the  sign  in  plain  figures. 

Guys  and  side  supports,  material,  size  and  spread. — Signs 
having  thirty  square  feet  or  less  of  side  surface  and  guys 
spread  at  an  angle  greater  than  forty-five  degrees  shall  be 
supported  by  steel  cable  one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter  or 
chain  one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  Signs  of  this  area 
and  supported  by  guys  spread  at  an  angle  less  than  forty-five 
degrees  shall  be  supported  by  steel  cable  one-quarter  of  an 
inch  in  diameter,  or  chains  one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  diameter. 
No  guys  shall  be  spread  at  an  angle  less  than  twenty-five  de¬ 
grees.  Where  the  side  guys  can  be  attached  to  only  one  side 
of  a  sign  of  this  area,  a  stiff  brace  consisting  of  gas  pipe  three- 
quarters  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  of  standard  thickness 
shall  be  used.  Side  guys  spread  at  angles  greater  than  forty- 
five  degrees  shall  be  fastened  with  approved  expansion  bolts 
in  a  solid  brick  or  stone  wall,  or  by  a  machine  screw  in  an  iron 


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front,  or  by  a  lag  bolt  in  solid  woodwork.  Vertical  signs  shall 
have  an  additional  pair  of  guys  for  every  eight  feet  in  height. 

Bolts  or  screw  fastenings. — Bolts  or  screws  shall  not  be 
fastened  to  window  frames.  Lag  bolts  in  solid  woodwork 
shall  not  be  less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  thickness  and 
shall  enter  woodwork  at  least  three  inches.  Machine  screws 
in  iron  front  shall  not  be  less  than  one-half  inch  in  diameter 
and  shall  enter  clear  through  the  iron  work.  Expansion  bolts 
shall  be  at  least  three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  shall 
enter  brick  or  stone  wall  at  least  four  inches. 

Fire  escapes  not  obstructed. — Signs  shall  not  obstruct  or  be 
attached  to  any  part  of  a  fire  escape,  and  where  any  sign  is 
hung  near  any  fire  escape  it  shall  be  arranged  to  swing  away 
from  such  fire  escape. 

Cables  and  cable  fastenings. — All  cables  shall  be  provided 
with  sleeves  and  two  cable  clips  must  be  provided  for  each 
cable  and  placed  near  the  sleeve.  Turn  buckles  of  suitable 
size  shall  be  provided  for  all  the  side  guys  and  for  one  of  the 
supporting  cables  where  more  than  one  is  used. 

Signs  out  of  repair  must  be  re-hung. — All  signs  now  in  ex¬ 
istence,  or  such  as  may  hereafter  be  erected,  that  shall  become 
dangerous  or  necessary  to  repair,  shall  be  re-hung  upon  order 
from  the  commissioner  of  public  safety  to  comply  with  these 
rules. 

Height  and  length  of  signs. — No  advertising  or  electric  sign 
shall  be  lower  than  ten  feet  from  the  sidewalk  and  shall  not 
extend  out  over  the  sidewalk  more  than  six  feet.  Vertical 
signs  shall  in  no  case  extend  above  the  lower  roof  line  at  point 
of  erection.  Provision  shall  be  made  at  top  of  sign  for  a  chain 
or  cable  support  of  not  less  than  forty-five  degrees  above  sign. 

Removal  of  sign. — Every  advertising  or  electric  sign  now 
erected  or  which  may  hereafter  be  erected  shall  be  removed 
upon  the  order  of  the  commissioner  of  public  safety  when, 
after  being  properly  inspected,  it  shall  be  found  to  be  unsafe 
or  erected  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Application  of  this  ordinance. — Any  advertising  or  electric 
sign  which,  prior  to  the  date  of  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance 
as  hereby  amended,  shall  have  been  erected  in  accordance  with 
section  seven  of  chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  ordinances  of  the 


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city  of  Syracuse,  as  amended  April  eighteenth,  nineteen  hun¬ 
dred  and  ten,  may  be  maintained  as  erected  unless,  after  being 
properly  inspected,  it  shall  be  found  unsafe ;  except  that  when¬ 
ever  any  such  sign  shall  be  re-hung,  it  shall  be  re-hung  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  within  ordinance  as 
hereby  amended. 

Future  regulations  to  be  complied  with. — Each  permit 
granted  in  pursuance  of  the  within  ordinance  as  hereby 
amended  shall  provide  that  the  corporation,  association,  co¬ 
partnership  or  individual  receiving  said  permit  shall  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  any  ordinance  or  amendment  thereto 
that  shall  hereafter  be  enacted  by  the  common  council  regu¬ 
lating  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  such  signs. 

(Amendment  of  March  30,  1914.) 

§  8.  No  person  shall  erect  any  hitching  post  or  other  ob¬ 
struction  within  the  outer  line  of  the  gutter  of  any  street  nor 
shall  any  person  drive  or  lead  any  team  of  any  description  on 
or  across  or  along  any  sidewalk  in  the  city,  but  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  prevent  the  owner  or  occupant  of  lots  from 
driving  across  the  walks  in  front  of  their  premises. 

§  9.  No  person  shall  use  or  occupy  any  sidewalk,  street, 
alley  or  park  within  the  city  for  the  purpose  of  a  huckster 
stand,  or  as  a  place  for  vending  any  fruits,  nuts  or  other  arti¬ 
cles  of  merchandise  without  permission  of  the  commissioner 
of  public  works  in  writing  and  without  having  obtained  a 
license  as  provided  for  in  these  ordinances. 

§  10.  No  sidewalk  hereafter  relaid  or  constructed  pursu¬ 
ant  to  section  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine  of  chapter  twenty- 
six  of  the  laws  of  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five,  shall  be 
so  relaid  or  constructed  of  wood.  The  material  with  which 
such  sidewalks  shall  be  relaid  or  constructed  shall  be  stone, 
cement,  asphalt,  brick  or  such  other  artificial  substance  as  the 
common  council  may  direct. 

(As  amended  November  16,  1903.) 


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CHAPTER  29. 

Weights  and  Measures. 

Section  1.  The  mayor  shall  appoint  a  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  who  shall  perform  such  duties  as  are  prescribed  by 
law,  or  as  are  hereinafter  set  forth  in  this  ordinance,  or  in 
any  amendment  thereof,  and  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to 
the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

(Amendment  of  October  26,  1908.) 

§  2.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  receive  a 
salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportion¬ 
ment. 

§  3.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall,  with  the  ap¬ 
proval  of  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportionment,  appoint 
one  or  more  deputies  who  shall  have  the  same  authority  as  the 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 

§  4.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall,  before  en¬ 
tering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  before 
the  city  clerk  an  oath  to  faithfully  perform  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city,  with  at  least  two 
good  and  sufficient  sureties  or  a  surety  company,  to  be  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  corporation  counsel  and  accepted  by  the  com¬ 
mon  council  of  the  said  city,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars  ($5,000),  conditioned  upon  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  duties  of  his  office  and  for  the  safe  keeping  of  all  stand¬ 
ards  and  measuring  apparatus  entrusted  to  his  care. 

§  5.  The  word  “measure”  or  “measures,”  as  used  in  this 
ordinance,  shall  be  construed  to  mean  any  device  or  devices 
used  to  ascertain  the  weight,  size,  quantity  or  other  dimen¬ 
sions  of  any  liquids,  solids  or  other  articles. 

§  6.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  possess 
jurisdiction  and  have  the  power  within  the  city  of  Syracuse: 

Powers  of: 

(a)  To  inspect  and  test  the  accuracy  of  all  measures  of 
every  kind,  and  the  tools  and  appliances  connected  therewith, 
used  and  employed  within  the  city  in  determining  the  weight, 
size,  quantity  or  other  dimensions  of  any  liquids,  solids,  or 
other  articles  offered  for  sale  or  hire. 


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(b)  To  enter  without  formal  warrant  for  the  purposes 
herein  specified  and  in  the  general  performance  of  his  official 
duties  any  stand,  place,  building  or  premises  where  any  meas¬ 
ure  or  measures  are  kept  or  maintained  for  the  purpose  of 
testing,  inspecting,  correcting  and  sealing  or  condemning 
such  measure  or  measures,  either  upon  his  own  initiative  or  at 
the  request  of  the  mayor  or  chief  of  police  of  said  city,  or  upon 
the  filing  by  any  person  of  a  written  request  in  the  office  of  the 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 

Duties : 

§  7.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  inspect, 
test,  try  and  correct,  if  need  be,  any  measure  or  measures : 

(a)  Once  annually  and  oftener  if,  in  his  judgment,  such  in¬ 
spection  is  warranted. 

(b)  Whenever  any  measure  or  measures  are  installed,  re¬ 
newed  or  altered  in  any  specified  stand,  store,  conveyance  or 
establishment. 

(c)  Whenever  a  written  request  to  examine  any  particular 
measure  is  filed  in  his  office. 

§  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sealer  of  weights  and  meas¬ 
ures,  upon  his  first  inspection,  to  deliver  and  leave  with  any 
person  for  whom  he  inspects  any  measure  or  measures  a 
printed  copy  of  this  ordinance. 

§  9.  All  measure  or  measures  that  are  tested  by  the  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures  and  found  to  conform  to  the  legal 
standards  shall  be  marked  with  the  letter  “S,”  and  the  last  two 
figures  of  the  year,  or  in  such  manner  as  the  state  superin¬ 
tendent  of  weights  and  measures  may  direct.  No  fee  shall  be 
collected  for  inspecting  or  sealing  measures. 

§  10.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  give  each 
person,  firm,  corporation,  society  or  organization  for  whom 
any  measure  or  measures  have  been  tested,  a  certificate,  prop¬ 
erly  dated,  showing  in  detail  for  what  the  same  is  given  and 
the  results  of  his  test,  and  a  duplicate  thereof  shall  be  retained 
by  the  sealer  and  kept  on  file  in  his  office. 

(Amendment  of  October  26,  1908.) 

§  11.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  keep  a 
register  of  all  the  measure  or  measures  which  have  been  in- 


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spected  and  examined  by  him,  in  which  register  he  shall  state 
the  names  of  the  owners  of  the  same  and  whether  the  same, 
on  inspection,  were  found  to  be  correct  or  incorrect,  and  if 
found  correct,  that  the  same  were  properly  tested  and  sealed 
by  him.  Such  register  shall  be  kept  in  his  office  in  a  book  kept 
for  that  purpose  and  at  the  close  of  each  and  every  fiscal  year 
he  shall  file  a  copy  thereof  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk. 

§  12.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  submit  to 
the  common  council  every  third  month,  a  written  report  show¬ 
ing  the  number  and  kind  of  measure  or  measures  inspected, 
tested  and  sealed  and  the  names  of  the  owners  thereof,  and 
the  number  and  kind  of  measure  or  measures  condemned  and 
the  names  of  the  owners  thereof ;  the  names  of  the  persons 
arrested  under  this  act;  the  property  seized  and  the  fines  im¬ 
posed  and  collected.  The  report  shall  also  include  an  inven¬ 
tory  of  all  the  standards  in  the  possession  of  the  sealer,  and 
an  itemized  statement  of  the  expenditures  of  his  office.  The 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  make  an  annual  report 
to  the  state  superintendent  of  weights  and  measures  on  blanks 
furnished  by  the  state  superintendent. 

§  13.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  by  virtue  of  his 
office,  is  hereby  empowered  and  directed  to  arrest  or  cause  to 
be  arrested  any  and  all  violators  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  and  to  seize  any  false  measure  or  measures  found  in 
the  possession  of  the  person  so  arrested  and  deliver  the  same 
to  the  magistrate  before  whom  the  person  so  arrested  is  re¬ 
quired  to  be  taken;  and  he  is  further  empowered,  in  case  no 
arrest  is  made,  to  seize  and  deliver  any  false  measure  or  meas¬ 
ures  to  same  magistrate. 

§  14.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  interpreted  to 
authorize  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  to  enter  or  at¬ 
tempt  to  enter  to  inspect,  or  attempt  to  control  any  light,  gas, 
power  or  water  meter,  or  other  kind  of  meter,  over  which  the 
bureau  of  gas  and  electricity  or  the  public  service  commission 
of  the  state  of  New  York,  or  both,  has  or  assumes  to  have 
jurisdiction,  or  over  which  either  or  both  may  hereafter  take 
or  assume  jurisdiction  or  control. 

(Amendment  of  October  26,  1908.) 


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§  15.  No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  hawker,  peddler, 
vendor  or  dealer  unless  he  presents  a  certificate  from  the  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures,  showing  that  the  measure  or  meas¬ 
ures  used  by  him  have  been  properly  inspected,  tested  and 
sealed  immediately  preceding  the  issuance  of  such  license. 

Be  it  ordained,  that  chapter  twenty-nine  of  the  general  ordi¬ 
nances  of  the  city  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  add¬ 
ing  thereto  the  following  sections,  viz : 

(Amendment  of  April  19,  1909.) 

§  15-a.  No  dry  commodities  shall  be  sold  on  the  public 
market  or  on  the  public  streets  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  except 
by  standard  weight  or  dry  measure  or  numerical  count. 

§  15-b.  No  liquid  commodities  shall  be  sold  on  the  public 
market  or  on  the  public  streets  of  said  city  except  by  standard 
weight  or  liquid  measure. 

Violation  and  penalties: 

§  16.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  or  who  uses  or  has  in  his  possession  any  false  or 
condemned  measure  or  measures,  or  any  person  who  is  guilty 
of  giving  false  or  insufficient  weights  or  measures  shall  for¬ 
feit  to  the  people  of  the  state  of  New  York  not  more  than  the 
sum  of  fifty  dollars.  The  possession  of  any  false  or  con¬ 
demned  measure  or  measures  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence 
that  the  same  was  intended  to  be  used  in  violation  of  this  act. 
The  penalty  hereby  imposed  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other 
liability  imposed  by  law. 

(Amendment  of  October  26,  1908.) 

§  17.  Whoever  in  any  manner  whatsoever  impersonates 
or  hinders  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  or  state  super¬ 
intendent  of  weights  and  measures,  or  their  assistants,  in  the 
performance  of  their  official  duties  shall  forfeit  to  the  people 
of  the  state  of  New  York  the  sum  of  not  more  than  fifty  dol¬ 
lars. 

§  18.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

§  19.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  January  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 


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CHAPTER  30. 

Water. 

Section  1.  No  person  except  a  regular  employee  of  the 
water  department  shall  make  any  attachments  to  or  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  pipes  of  the  city  water  works  or  make  any  addi¬ 
tions  or  alterations  of  any  tap,  pipe,  cock  or  other  fixtures 
connecting  with  the  pipes  supplying  water  to  consumers  from 
said  water  works,  or  make  or  insert  any  tap  therein  or  lay 
any  service  pipe  connected  therewith  unless  such  person  shall 
be  a  licensed  plumber  and  have  permission  in  writing  from 
the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  2.  No  person,  except  a  regular  employee  of  the  water 
department,  shall  open  any  trench  in  the  streets  or  public 
grounds  of  the  city  for  the  purpose  of  having  any  service  con¬ 
nection  with  the  water  works  of  the  city  without  first  obtain¬ 
ing  a  written  or  printed  permission  from  the  commissioner 
of  public  works. 

§  3.  Plumbers  doing  business  in  connection  with  the  city 
water  works  will  be  considered  as  the  agents  of  the  person 
employing  them  in  such  work  and  will  not  in  any  case  be 
recognized  as  in  any  sense  the  agents  of  the  city,  neither  will 
the  city  be  responsible  in  any  way  for  acts  of  said  plumbers. 

§  4.  No  person  shall  take  water  for  supplying  sprinkling 
carts  from  any  street  hydrant  not  designated  in  the  permit 
issued  to  him. 

§  5.  No  person  shall,  except  he  be  an  agent  or  employee  of 
the  public  works  department  or  fire  department  or  a  person 
permitted  by  the  public  work  department  to  take  water  for 
sprinkling  purposes,  disturb  any  street  hydrant  or  take  any 
water  therefrom  under  any  circumstances  whatever. 

§  6.  In  case  of  damage  or  injury  done  by  any  person  tak¬ 
ing  water  from  the  street  hydrant  for  street  sprinkling,  the 
holders  of  the  permit  for  said  sprinkling  shall  pay  the  cost  of 
same  on  demand  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works  into  the 
city  treasury,  and  in  case  of  refusal  or  neglect  to  pay  the  same, 
his  permit  shall  be  revoked. 


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§  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  officers  and  employees  of  the 
city  and  all  licensed  plumbers  to  immediately  notify  the  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  works  of  damage  or  injury  to  any  street 
hydrant  or  any  part  or  portion  of  the  water  system. 

§  8.  No  person  shall  allow  water  to  run  to  prevent  freez¬ 
ing  in  service  pipes  or  other  attachments  or  for  the  purpose 
of  flushing  the  soil  pipes,  or  otherwise  or  for  the  purpose  of 
procuring  cooler  water  or  for  any  other  purpose  than  those 
indicated  in  the  application  or  permit  for  the  same  and  which 
are  allowed  by  the  rules  of  the  commissioner  of  public  works 
unless  the  supply  be  furnished  through  a  meter. 

§  9.  The  curb  cock  controlling  any  service  shall  not  be 
opened  or  left  opened  by  any  plumber  or  other  person  after 
connecting  said  service  with  the  street  main  or  after  making 
any  new  extension  or  attachments  in  unoccupied  premises  so 
that  the  water  may  be  supplied  to  said  premises  by  said  ser¬ 
vice  without  the  permission  in  writing  of  the  commissioner  of 
public  works  except  in  case  where  the  work  is  a  simple  ex¬ 
tension  or  additional  attachments  in  the  premises  where  the 
water  is  then  in  use  or  where  a  permit  has  been  duly  obtained 
to  connect  the  same. 

§  10.  The  commissioner  of  public  works  or  any  person  duly 
authorized  by  him  shall  have  access  to  the  premises  of  any 
water  taker  at  any  reasonable  time  to  examine  the  pipes  and 
fixtures  and  as  to  the  quantity  of  water  used  and  the  manner 
of  its  use.  In  case  a  fraudulent  representation  on  the  part 
of  any  water  taker  or  in  case  of  unnecessary  waste  of  water 
or  in  case  entrance  upon  said  premises  is  refused,  the  water 
will  be  shut  off.  In  case  the  water  is  shut  off  no  money  paid 
to  the  city  for  water  shall  be  refunded. 

§  11.  All  stand  pipes  or  other  pipes  for  the  automatic  ex¬ 
tinguishment  of  fires  which  are  attached  to  the  water  supply 
must  be  provided  with  suitable  valves  outside  of  the  building 
under  the  exclusive  control  of  the  commissioner  of  public 
works.  A  valve  must  be  provided,  placed  at  the  bottom  of  a 
stand  pipe  and  each  hose  opening,  which  valves  shall  be  sealed 
by  the  commissioner  of  public  works,  and  any  person  break¬ 
ing  the  seal  so  placed  for  the  extinguishing  of  fires  shall  im- 


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73 


mediately  thereafter  give  notice  to  the  commissioner  of  public 
works. 

§  12.  Whenever  any  street  or  public  ground  is  opened  for 
making  any  connection  with  or  laying  any  water  pipe  or  fix¬ 
ture,  public  safety  and  convenience  shall  be  duly  regarded  and 
conserved  by  the  construction  of  such  bridges  across  such 
trench  as  may  be  required  to  accommodate  the  public  safety 
and  business  and  that  of  adjacent  owners;  suspension  of  red 
signal  lights  and  all  other  such  means  of  protection  as  may  be 
required  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  13.  Back  filling  of  any  service  trench  in  any  street  or 
public  ground  shall  not  be  commenced  until  the  service  shall 
be  inspected  and  accepted  by  the  commissioner  of  public 
works.  Such  back  filling  shall  be  firmly  settled  with  ram¬ 
mers  or  pounders  to  such  an  extent  that  all  the  earth  which 
has  been  taken  from  the  trench  shall  be  replaced  therein  and 
not  left  rounded  above  the  surface  of  the  street  and  in  case 
the  trench  will  receive  more  earth  than  was  obtained  from  the 
excavation  therefrom  other  material  of  a  proper  and  suitable 
quality  shall  be  furnished  and  pounded  in  and  the  pavement 
or  other  surface  improvement  shall  be  replaced  within  twenty- 
four  hours  from  the  time  the  excavation  is  made  (except  in 
case  the  pavement  to  be  replaced  is  asphalt  or  asphaltina,  when 
further  reasonable  time  will  be  allowed)  and  the  street  will  be 
left  in  as  good  and  satisfactory  condition  as  before  excavation 
was  begun ;  all  refuse  or  surface  earth,  timbers,  stone  or  other 
material  shall  be  fully  and  entirely  removed  from  the  street 
immediately  by  the  owner  or  his  plumber  and  if  not  so  re¬ 
moved  it  may  be  done  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  at 
the  owner's  expense.  If  the  water  service  trench  is  not  prop¬ 
erly  filled  as  provided  by  this  section  or  if  it  settles  thereafter 
the  commissioner  of  public  works  may  cause  it  to  be  repaired 
without  notice,  and  if  such  repair  becomes  necessary  within  a 
period  of  six  months  the  cost  of  same  shall  be  charged  to  and 
collected  of  the  plumber  and  if  he  shall  fail  to  pay  the  same 
promptly  on  demand  his  license  may  be  revoked  by  the  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  works.  In  estimating  the  said  period  of 
six  months,  the  time  between  the  fifteenth  of  November  and 
the  fifteenth  of  April  shall  not  be  included. 


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§  14.  No  meter  through  which  the  supply  of  water  is  being 
received  by  any  person  shall  be  removed  or  disturbed  without 
permission  in  writing  from  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  15.  The  owner  of  the  premises  and  tenants  shall  provide 
ready  and  convenient  access  to  the  meter  so  that  it  may  be 
frequently  read  and  examined. 

§  16.  Whenever  water  has  been  turned  off  for  nonpayment 
of  rents  or  other  cause  no  person  shall  turn  it  on  again  who  is 
not  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  17.  No  water  taker  shall  supply  water  in  any  manner 
or  in  any  fixture  or  device  whatever  to  occupants  of  neighbor¬ 
ing  premises  except  by  special  permission  in  writing  from  the 
commissioner  of  public  works. 

§  18.  Hose  attachments  to  the  city  water  works  for  lawn 
and  garden  sprinkling  shall  be  used  as  follows :  The  hose  used 
for  sprinkling  must  have  an  inside  diameter  of  not  exceeding 
three-quarters  of  an  inch  and  the  nozzle  shall  have  an  orifice 
of  not  exceeding  one-quarter  inch  and  the  use  of  leaking  or 
defective  hose  is  prohibited.  Sprinkling  with  hose  is  allowed 
from  May  first  to  November  first  and  not  to  exceed  three 
hours  each  day,  and  while  in  use  no  person  is  allowed  to 
sprinkle  outside  or  adjoining  premises,  nor  use  water  from 
street  hose  attachment  or  through  said  hose  for  any  purpose 
not  authorized  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works.  Foun¬ 
tain  sprinklers  or  hose  attachments  set  up  as  jets  or  kept  run¬ 
ning  are  prohibited  except  when  paid  for  at  fountain  rates. 

§  19.  All  sprinkling  attachments  not  held  in  the  hand 
while  in  use  shall  be  classed  as  fountains  and  fountain  jets 
and  so  charged. 


CHAPTER  31. 

Junk  Dealers. 

Section  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall  engage  in  or  carry 
on  the  business  of  a  junk  dealer  without  first  obtaining  a 
license  so  to  do  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  nor  shall 
he  continue  any  such  business  after  the  license  may  have  been 
revoked. 


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The  mayor  may  grant  to  any  person  applying  therefor  and 
producing  satisfactory  evidence  of  good  character  a  license  to 
carry  on  the  business  of  junk  dealer,  which  license  shall  be 
signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk  and  shall  expire  at  the  end 
of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  issued. 

The  person  to  whom  such  license  may  be  issued  shall  pay 
therefor  the  sum  of  $5.00.  The  mayor  shall  have  power  to 
revoke  such  license  at  any  time  upon  request  of  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  safety. 

§  2.  All  junk  dealers  shall  keep  a  record  of  every  article 
purchased,  showing  the  name  and  residence  of  the  person 
from  which  such  article  was  purchased,  price  paid,  and  the 
date  of  such  purchase.  Such  record  shall  be  open  at  all  times 
to  the  inspection  of  the  chief  of  police  or  any  police  officer 
authorized  by  him,  and  any  article  or  thing  purchased  shall 
be  exhibited  on  demand  of  such  chief  of  police  or  police  officer. 

No  goods  shall  be  purchased  from  any  minor,  nor  shall  any 
goods  be  purchased  after  sunset  or  before  seven  A.  M.  by  any 
junk  dealer.  All  wagons  or  carts  used  by  junk  dealers  in  the 
prosecution  of  such  business  shall  have  painted  upon  each  side 
letters  and  figures,  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in 
length,  the  name  or  names  of  the  owners,  their  place  of  busi¬ 
ness  and  license  number.  If  any  junk  dealer  have  in  his  pos¬ 
session  any  goods  or  articles  which  shall  have  been  advertised 
as  lost  or  stolen,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the  chief  of  police 
of  the  fact. 

No  junk  dealer  shall  receive  or  hold  license  as  a  pawn¬ 
broker,  or  receive  any  article  as  a  pledge  or  pawn.  The  place 
of  business  of  each  junk  dealer  shall  be  stated  in  the  license 
and  such  license  shall  not  be  valid  for  use  in  a  different  loca¬ 
tion  except  by  written  permission  of  the  mayor. 

Any  person,  corporation,  member  or  members,  co-partner¬ 
ship  or  firm  buying,  selling  or  dealing  in  old  ropes,  rags,  old 
iron,  brass,  copper,  lead,  zinc  or  any  article  or  thing  which, 
from  its  worn  condition  renders  it  useless  for  the  purpose  for 
which  it  was  made,  is  hereby  declared  and  defined  to  be  a  junk 
dealer. 

(Adopted  November  9,  1914.) 


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CHAPTER  32. 

Bill  Posting. 

Section  1.  The  common  council  may  grant  to  any  person, 
a  resident  of  the  state  of  New  York,  or  any  corporation  organ¬ 
ized  under  the  laws  thereof,  applying  to  it  therefor,  a  license 
to  engage  in  and  carry  on  within  the  city  limits  the  business 
of  bill  poster,  bill  distributing,  sample  distribution,  for  adver¬ 
tising  purposes  and  sign  advertising  or  either  or  all  such  occu¬ 
pations.  No  person  shall  engage  in  such  business  without 
such  license,  which  license  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and 
city  clerk  and  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which 
granted. 

§  2.  Every  licensee  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  pay  to  the  city  clerk  on  the  delivery  of  the  license  duly 
granted  him  as  follows : 

For  a  bill  poster’s  license  which  shall  authorize  the  carrying 
on  of  all  the  occupations  named  in  section  one  of  this  chapter, 
the  sum  of  forty  dollars. 

For  a  bill  distributor’s  license  which  shall  authorize  the  dis¬ 
tribution  of  bills,  circulars,  pamphlets,  notices  or  samples,  or 
other  articles  used  to  advertise  a  particular  business,  exhibi¬ 
tion,  entertainment,  excursion  or  other  matter  or  thing,  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  dollars. 

§  3.  No  person  or  corporation  to  whom  a  license  shall  be 
granted,  as  in  this  chapter  provided,  shall  charge  or  receive 
more  than  the  following  prices  for  the  distribution  of  bills, 
circulars,  samples  and  advertisements  and  the  posting  of  bills, 
to  wit : 

Posting  bills  for  one  week  for  any  show,  entertainment  or 
business,  three  cents  per  sheet. 

Distributing  almanacs,  pamphlets  or  books  to  private  houses 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  thousand. 

Distributing  bills,  circulars  or  notices  to  private  houses,  one 
dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  thousand. 

Distributing  bills,  circulars  or  notices  to  business  houses 
and  offices,  one  dollar  per  thousand. 

§  4.  No  person  shall  scatter  or  throw  in  any  alley  or  upon 
any  of  the  streets  of  said  city  or  hand  to  pedestrians  thereon, 


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posters,  handbills,  advertisements  or  papers  of  any  kind,  or 
shall  attach  to  any  tree,  lamppost,  electric  light,  hydrant  or 
box  covering  the  same  or  place  on  any  building  whatever  be¬ 
longing  to  the  city  in  or  upon  any  of  the  parks,  trees,  lanes  or 
alleys  of  the  city  any  bill,  notice,  letters,  pictures  or  charac¬ 
ters  of  any  kind  for  the  purpose  of  advertising  any  show,  per¬ 
formance  or  entertainment,  and  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall 
be  construed  to  authorize  any  person  or  persons  to  obstruct 
the  streets,  sidewalks  and  alleys  of  said  city  or  create  any 
nuisance  therein  or  to  prevent  the  posting  of  notices  required 
by  law. 

§  5.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  pre¬ 
vent  merchants  and  other  residents  of  and  doing  business  in 
the  city  of  Syracuse  from  distributing  bills  or  advertising 
business  in  which  they  are  directly  engaged,  nor  shall  any¬ 
thing  herein  contained  be  construed  to  prevent  any  religious, 
benevolent,  labor  or  social  organization  of  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  from  distributing  bills  for  advertising  its  meetings,  enter¬ 
tainments,  excursions  or  assemblies,  subject  to  the  restrictions 
contained  in  section  four  of  this  chapter. 


CHAPTER  32-A. 

Itinerant  Vendors. 

Section  1.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  engage  in 
the  business  or  trade  of  an  itinerant  vendor  in  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  therefor. 

§  2.  The  words  “itinerant  vendor”  shall  be  construed  to 
mean  and  include  all  persons,  firms  or  corporations,  both  prin¬ 
cipals  and  agents  engaging  in  a  temporary  or  transient  busi¬ 
ness  in  the  city  of  Syracuse  of  selling  goods,  wares  and  mer¬ 
chandise,  and  who  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  such  busi¬ 
ness  hire,  lease  or  occupy  a  room,  building  or  structure  for  the 
exhibition  or  sale  of  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and 
a  person,  firm  or  corporation  so  engaged  shall  not  be  relieved 
from  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  by  reason  of  association 
temporarily  with  any  local  dealer,  trader,  merchant  or  auc¬ 
tioneer  or  by  conducting  such  temporary  or  transient  business 


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in  connection  with  or  as  a  part  of  the  business  of,  or  in  the 
name  of  any  local  dealer,  trader,  merchant  or  auctioneer. 

§  3.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to 
sales  made  to  dealers  by  commercial  travelers  or  selling  agents 
in  the  usual  course  of  business  nor  to  peddlers  or  hawkers  on 
the  streets. 

§  4.  Every  itinerant  vendor,  whether  principal  or  agent, 
shall  before  commencing  business  in  the  city  of  Syracuse  make 
application  in  writing  under  oath  to  the  mayor  of  said  city  in 
such  form  as  the  mayor  shall  prescribe  for  a  license  stating 
the  name  and  residence  of  the  vendor  and  the  name  and  resi¬ 
dence  of  the  person,  if  any,  who  is  to  act  as  agent  for  the  ven¬ 
dor  in  conducting  the  busines,  the  kind  or  kinds  of  goods  to 
be  sold,  the  place  or  places  where  it  is  proposed  to  conduct  the 
business,  the  number  of  weeks  or  fractions  thereof  for  which 
a  license  is  desired,  and  any  information  which  the  mayor  may 
require  pertaining  to  the  quality  of  the  goods  to  be  sold,  the 
kind  and  character  of  advertising  in  reference  thereto  to  be 
issued,  and  the  methods  generally  by  which  the  business  is  to 
be  carried  on.  Such  application  shall  be  accompanied  by  the 
affidavit  of  at  least  two  reputable  residents  of  the  city  to  the 
effect  that  the  person  who  is  to  conduct  the  business  is  of  good 
moral  character.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such  application  the 
mayor  shall  investigate  or  cause  to  be  investigated  the  char¬ 
acter  and  responsibility  of  the  vendor  and  of  the  person,  if 
any,  who  is  to  conduct  the  business  for  the  vendor  as  agent, 
and  the  truth  of  the  statements  contained  in  the  application, 
and  may  receive  evidence  in  the  form  of  affidavits  pertaining 
to  these  matters,  and  if  he  shall  become  convinced  that  the 
interest  of  the  public  require  that  the  application  shall  be 
rejected  he  may  reject  the  same,  but  every  application  made 
to  him  shall  be  granted  or  rejected  within  three  days  after  it 
shall  have  been  made  and  filed  with  him. 

§  5.  Before  such  license  is  issued  the  applicant  shall  pay 
to  the  City  Clerk  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  week  or 
fraction  of  a  week  that  the  license  is  to  continue,  and  shall 
deposit  with  the  city  clerk  a  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  executed  by  two  or  more  sureties,  or  a  duly 
authorized  surety  company  approved  by  the  mayor,  which 


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bond  shall  be  made  payable  to  the  City  of  Syracuse,  and  shall 
be  conditioned  that  the  applicant  as  vendor  or  as  agent,  and 
all  persons  acting  for  him  or  for  whom  he  acts,  will  comply 
with  all  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  of  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  and  shall  pay  all  damages  occasioned 
to  any  person  by  reason  of  any  mis-statement,  misrepresenta¬ 
tion,  fraud  or  deception,  or  any  unlawful  act  or  omission  on 
the  part  of  the  licensee  and  any  one  acting  for  him  or  for  whom 
he  acts  while  conducting  business  under  the  said  license.  The 
license  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  the  city  clerk. 

§  6.  A  license  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance  shall 
not  be  transferable  and  shall  not  authorize  more  than  one  per¬ 
son  to  sell  goods  as  an  itinerant  vendor,  either  personally  or  as 
agent  of  another,  but  the  licensee  may  have  the  assistance  of 
one  or  more  persons  in  conducting  his  business  who  may  aid 
him  in  so  doing,  but  such  assistant  or  assistants  shall  not  act 
for  the  licensee  except  when  such  licensee  is  personally  present 
and  in  charge  of  said  business  unless  there  shall  be  indorsed 
on  the  license  a  certificate  signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk, 
specifically  providing  that  such  assistant  or  assistants  may  act 
for  the  licensee  in  conducting  said  business  during  the 
licensee's  absence,  unless  special  permit  so  to  do  is  given  in 
writing  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk.  The  mayor  at  any  time 
for  cause  may  revoke  a  license  granted  hereunder. 

§  7.  Any  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  or  any  violation  thereof  shall  make  the  person,  firm  or 
corporation  so  failing  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  subject 
to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  days. 

§  8.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

(Amendment  of  May  18,  1914.) 

CHAPTER  33. 

Boilers  and  Engines. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  appointed  an  inspector  of  steam 
boilers  who  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  mayor. 
Said  inspector  shall  be  a  practical  boiler  maker. 


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§  2.  Said  inspector  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  of  Syracuse  in  the  sum 
of  $1,000  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor  and  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office  and  shall  file 
such  bond  with  the  city  clerk. 

§  3.  Such  inspector  shall  be  a  person  well  qualified  from 
practical  experience  in  the  use  and  construction  of  boilers 
used  for  generating  steam  for  power,  steaming  or  heating 
purposes,  to  enable  him  to  judge  of  their  safety  for  use  as 
such,  and  shall  not  be  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  the 
manufacture,  ownership  or  agency  of  steam  boilers  which  are 
to  be  inspected. 

§  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector  to  inspect  twice 
in  each  year  all  boilers  used  for  generating  steam  power,  or 
for  heating  or  steam  purposes,  and  all  tanks  subjected  to 
steam  pressure  used  in  any  business  or  public  building  except 
such  boilers  and  tanks  as  shall  have  been  inspected  and  in¬ 
sured  by  some  duly  authorized  insurance  company  within  six 
months  of  the  time  the  inspector  shall  offer  to  inspect  the 
same,  by  making  a  careful  examination  and  subjecting  the 
same  to  a  hydrostatic  pressure,  which  shall  exceed  in  maximum 
working  pressure  in  the  ratio  of  150  pounds,  and  in  no  case 
working  pressure  to  be  more  than  100  pounds  per  square  inch 

for  a  new  boiler,  forty-eight  inches  in  diameter,  made  of  No. 

« 

1  iron  or  steel  plates  of  one-fourth  inch  in  thickness  and  the 
steam  pressure  of  all  boilers,  whether  thicker  or  thinner, 
larger  or  smaller,  than  above  mentioned  in  this  section,  shall 
be  governed  by  the  same  standard  of  strength.  The  boiler 
inspector  before  inspecting  any  boiler  or  tank  shall  give  the 
owner  or  person  having  charge  of  the  same  one  week's  notice 
of  his  intention  to  inspect  the  same. 

§  5.  When  an  inspection  of  a  boiler  or  tank  has  been  made 
the  same  shall  be  approved  by  the  inspector;  he  shall  make 
and  deliver  to  the  person  for  whom  the  inspection  was  made, 
upon  payment  of  the  fees  hereinafter  mentioned,  a  certificate 
of  such  inspection,  which  shall  contain  the  date  of  inspection, 
together  with  the  general  description  of  such  boiler  or  tank, 
for  what  purpose  used,  the  number  of  try  cocks,  steam  and 


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water  gauges,  pumps  and  the  number  of  pounds  pressure  at 
which  said  boiler  or  tank  has  been  tested  and  the  maximum 
pressure  at  which  it  may  be  safely  used,  which  shall  be  framed 
and  put  up  in  the  office  or  in  some  other  conspicuous  place  on 
the  premises  for  examination  and  a  record  of  the  same  shall 
be  made  by  the  said  inspector  in  a  well  bound  book  and  alpha¬ 
betically  indexed. 

§  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  inspector,  on  written  ap¬ 
plication  of  the  owner  or  agent  of  any  boiler,  generator  or 
super-heater,  stating  that  the  same  is  out  of  repair  or  has  been 
repaired,  to  examine  the  same  when  so  repaired  and  determine 
if  the  same  has  been  properly  done. 

§  7.  The  said  inspector  may  charge  a  fee  of  three  dollars 
for  inspecting  each  boiler,  including  tank,  if  one  be  used  in 
connection  with  such  boiler,  and  three  dollars  for  each  tank 
if  inspected  separately,  which  shall  be  paid  by  the  party  own¬ 
ing  such  boiler  or  tank  before  the  delivery  of  such  certificate, 
excepting  that  in  any  establishment  where  more  than  one 
boiler  is  used,  said  inspector  shall  only  be  entitled  to  such  fee 
of  $3  upon  one  boiler  and  a  fee  of  $1  for  each  and  every  addi¬ 
tional  boiler.  The  inspector  shall  pay  all  fees  by  him  col¬ 
lected  into  the  City  Treasury  on  or  before  the  fifth  day  of  each 
month. 

§  8.  No  inspector  shall  take  or  receive  any  money  other 
than  the  fees  allowed  by  this  ordinance  for  the  purpose  of 
deceiving  or  defrauding  any  person  or  persons ;  nor  shall  such 
inspector  issue  any  certificate  of  inspection  without  having 
at  the  time  stated  thoroughly  tested  and  examined  the  boiler 
so  certified  for. 

§  9.  The  Board  of  Contract  and  Supply  shall  provide  such 
instruments,  books,  papers  and  things  as  shall  be  necessary 
for  the  proper  performance  of  his  duties  as  inspector,  which 
shall  be  the  property  of  such  city  and  which  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  commissioner  of  public  works  whenever  he  shall  cease 
for  any  cause  to  discharge  the  duties  of  his  office;  and  said 
inspector  shall  also  without  expense  or  charge  inspect  all 
boilers  owned  or  used  by  the  city  or  any  of  its  departments 
whenever  called  upon  by  the  proper  officer. 


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§  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  other  person 
using  steam  boilers  or  any  tank  or  tanks  subject  to  steam 
pressure  in  the  city,  to  have  the  same  inspected  by  the  in¬ 
spector  of  boilers  as  often  as  once  in  each  and  every  year. 
Every  owner  or  person  using  a  steam  boiler  or  tank  as  afore¬ 
said  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made  annually  an  application  in 
writing  to  the  inspector  requesting  him  to  inspect  the  same, 
provided,  however,  that  any  person  or  owner  using  such  tank 
or  boiler  who  shall  have  had  the  same  inspected  and  insured 
by  a  duly  authorized  insurance  company  within  six  months 
of  the  time  the  inspector  may  offer  to  inspect  the  same  shall 
not  be  required  to  comply  with  this  ordinance. 

§  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  other  person 
using  steam  boilers  in  the  city  to  provide  and  fix  thereto  a 
full  complement  of  try  cocks,  one  water  gauge  and  one  or  more 
safety  valves  of  suitable  dimensions,  to  be  approved  by  said 
inspector,  also  a  good  sufficient  force  pump  or  other  means  of 
supplying  the  boiler  with  water,  which  shall  also  be  subject  to 
the  approval  of  said  inspector. 

§  12.  All  owners  or  persons  using  steam  boilers  and  tanks 
subject  to  inspection  as  aforesaid  shall  provide  at  their  own 
expense  such  arrangements  and  facilities  for  attaching  the 
instruments  for  inspection  as  the  inspector  shall  direct. 

§  13.  The  safety  valves  of  steam  boilers  shall  not  be 
allowed  to  extend  beyond  the  maximum  pressure  allowed  by 
said  inspector. 

§  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector  on  or  before  the 
fifty  day  of  every  month  to  file  with  the  city  clerk  a  sworn 
statement  showing  the  names  of  owners  of  boilers,  alphabet¬ 
ically  arranged,  whose  boilers  have  been  inspected  by  him 
during  the  previous  month,  the  location  of  said  boiler,  the  date 
of  inspection  and  the  amount  of  money  received  by  him  and 
from  whom  received  for  inspection  during  such  previous 
month. 

§  15.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  boiler  inspector  to  care¬ 
fully  inspect  all  boilers  used  in  any  and  all  city  buildings  twice 
in  each  year,  and  also  whenever  directed  by  the  Mayor  or 
Common  Council. 


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CHAPTER  34. 

Municipal  Lodging  House. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  maintained  by  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  a  municipal  lodging  house,  which  shall  be  under  the  direc¬ 
tion  and  control  of  the  commissioner  of  charities.  The  com¬ 
missioner  of  charities  shall  appoint  a  superintendent  thereof 
and  such  assistants  and  subordinates  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
the  board  of  estimate  and  apportionment. 


CHAPTER  35. 

City  Officers. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  officers  and  employes 
of  the  city  to  pay  all  debts  for  necessary  personal  and  house¬ 
hold  expenses  incurred  during  his  or  her  term  of  office  and 
any  neglect  so  to  do  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  his  or  her  re¬ 
moval  from  employment  or  office. 

§  2.  The  fire  marshal  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  is  hereby 
empowered  to  appoint  a  deputy  and  such  other  subordinates 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportion¬ 
ment;  said  deputy  shall  during  the  absence  from  the  city  or 
other  incapacity  of  the  fire  marshal,  act  in  the  place  and  dis¬ 
charge  the  duties  of  said  fire  marshal. 

§  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer  to  keep  the 
city  hall  and  other  public  buildings  of  the  city  in  a  clean  and 
orderly  condition  and  for  that  purpose  shall  employ  such  sub¬ 
ordinates  and  other  assistants  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the 
board  of  estimate  and  apportionment. 

§  4.  The  mayor  is  hereby  empowered  to  appoint  to  assist 
him  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  such  assistants  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportion¬ 
ment. 

§  5.  All  fines  imposed  by  the  police  justice  shall  be  paid  by 
the  officer  who  shall  receive  them  into  the  city  treasury  at 
least  once  in  each  month,  except  such  fines  as  are  by  law  to 
be  paid  to  some  other  officer. 


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§  6.  No  city  officer  named  in  this  section  shall  enter  upon 
the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office  until  a  bond  shall  have 
been  given  to  the  city,  with  two  or  more  sureties  to  be  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  mayor,  or  the  bond  of  a  surety  company  duly 
authorized  to  do  business  in  the  state  of  New  York,  approved 
in  like  manner,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  his  office  and  in  penalty  as  follows:  Comptroller, 
$10,000;  deputy  comptroller,  $5,000;  city  treasurer,  $50,000; 
deputy  city  treasurer,  $10,000;  cashier  in  city  treasurer's 
office,  $10,000;  tax  abstract  clerk,  $2,500;  commissioner  of 
public  works,  $10,000;  deputy  commissioner  of  public  works, 
$5,000;  commissioner  of  public  safety,  $5,000;  deputy  com¬ 
missioner  of  public  safety,  $2,500 ;  health  officer,  $2,500 ;  chief 
of  the  fire  department,  $2,500;  corporation  counsel,  $5,000; 
first  assistant  corporation  counsel,  $2,500;  chief  of  police, 
$2,500 ;  commissioner  of  charities  and  correction,  $5,000 ;  over¬ 
seer  of  the  poor,  $2,500 ;  city  clerk,  $5,000 ;  keeper  of  the  public 
pound,  $500;  custodian  of  markets,  $250;  clerk  of  board  of 
contract  and  supply,  $10,000;  cashier  bureau  of  water, 
$10,000 ;  assistant  cashier  bureau  of  water,  $5,000 ;  bookkeeper 
department  of  charities,  $1,500. 

Said  bonds  shall  be  filed  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
city  clerk. 

(Amendment  of  January  27,  1914.) 

§  7.  There  shall  be  appointed  to  aid  the  city  clerk  in  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties  one  first  assistant  clerk;  one 
second  assistant  clerk,  who  shall  be  a  stenographer;  one  third 
assistant  clerk  and  a  messenger  to  the  common  council. 

(As  amended  February  26,  1900.) 


CHAPTER  36. 

Miscellaneous. 

Section  1.  All  bonds  given  for  complete  performance  of 
any  contract  with  the  city  shall  contain  a  clause  that  the  per¬ 
sons  performing  such  contract  will  pay  over  to  the  person  who 

shall  furnish  supplies  and  materials  for  the  use  of  and  com- 

\ 

pletion  of  said  contract  and  every  person  who  shall  render 
services  or  labor  in  and  about  the  performance  of  said  contract 


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and  also  a  further  clause  authorizing  each  and  every  such 
person  to  bring  an  action  upon  such  bond  in  the  same  manner 
and  to  the  same  effect  as  if  he  were  specifically  named  in  said 
bond. 

§  2.  No  person  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  who 
has  not  a  liquor  or  beer  license,  keep  or  maintain  any  public 
billiard  or  pool  room  or  bowling  alley  or  shooting  gallery  for 
the  playing  of  which  any  compensation,  direct  or  indirect,  shall 
be  demanded  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  therefor 
and  no  person  keeping  a  pool  or  billiard  table  in  any  saloon, 
room  or  place  where  beer  or  liquors  of  any  kind  are  sold  shall 
permit  any  person  who  is  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years  to 
play  pool  therein. 

§  8.  Any  person  of  good  moral  character  desiring  to  con¬ 
duct  any  public  billiard  room,  pool  room,  bowling  alley  or 
shooting  gallery  where  ale  or  liquors  are  not  sold,  shall  first 
obtain  a  license  therefor  from  the  mayor ;  such  license  shall  be 
signed  by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk  and  shall  expire  on  the  last 
day  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  issued.  The  fee  for  license  to 
conduct  a  billiard  room  or  pool  room  shall  be  five  dollars  per 
year  for  each  table  and  the  fee  for  license  to  conduct  a  bowling 
alley  or  shooting  gallery  shall  be  ten  dollars  per  year. 

(Amendment  of  February  24,  1914.) 

§  4.  No  vendor,  huckster  or  showman  shall  do  business 
within  the  city  without  a  license  from  the  Mayor,  and  any 
vendor,  huckster  or  showman  desiring  a  license  for  which  a 
fee  has  not  been  fixed  by  these  ordinances,  shall  apply  to  the 
mayor  therefor.  The  issuing  of  said  license,  the  term  thereof, 
and  the  fee  therefor  shall  be  in  the  discretion  of  the  mayor. 
With  each  license  so  issued  to  any  huckster  or  vendor  who 
sells  or  hawks  his  goods  from  a  wagon  there  shall  be  delivered 
by  the  city  clerk,  free  of  charge,  a  badge  bearing  the  license 
number,  and  such  badge  shall  be  worn  in  a  conspicuous  place 
on  the  person  of  the  licensee  while  engaged  in  transacting 
business  under  the  license,  and  no  such  huckster  or  vendor 
shall  carry  on  such  business  without  such  badge  being  worn 
as  provided.  In  case  such  licensee  employs  an  assistant  in 
selling  goods  from  said  wagon,  such  assistant  must  be  pro- 


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vided  with  a  badge  bearing  the  same  license  number  and  which 
must  be  procured  from  the  city  clerk  by  the  payment  of  a  fee 
of  five  dollars  ($5.00)  for  such  additional  badge,  such  badge 
to  be  worn  in  a  conspicuous  place  upon  the  person  of  the 
assistant. 

This  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  as  additional  and  supple¬ 
mentary  to  those  now  provided  for  the  carrying  on  of  such 
business. 

(Amendment  of  January  18,  1909.) 

§  5.  No  person  shall  keep  within  the  streets  or  other  public 
places  of  the  city  a  night  lunch  wagon  without  first  procuring 
a  license  so  to  do  from  the  city  clerk,  said  license  to  be  signed 
by  the  mayor  and  city  clerk  and  to  expire  at  the  end  of  the 
fiscal  year  in  which  issued.  Said  license  shall  designate  the 
place  where  such  night  lunch  wagon  shall  stand  and  the  fee 
for  such  license  shall  be  fifty  dollars.  No  person,  company  or 
corporation  shall  receive  a  license  for  more  than  three  night 
lunch  wagons.  No  night  lunch  wagon  shall  stand  in  the  pub¬ 
lic  streets  during  the  ordinary  business  hours  of  the  day. 

(Amendment  of  March  16,  1914.) 

§  6.  The  emission  of  dense  smoke  within  the  city  from  the 
smokestack  of  any  locomotive,  steamboat,  steam  tug,  steam 
roller,  steam  derrick,  steam  pile  driver,  tar  kettle  or  other 
similar  machine  or  contrivance,  or  from  the  smokestack  or 
chimney  of  any  steam  boiler,  excepting  for  a  period  of  six 
minutes  in  any  one  hour  during  which  the  fire  box  is  being 
cleaned  out  or  a  new  fire  built  therein,  is  hereby  declared  to 
be  a  nuisance  and  may  be  summarily  abated  by  the  smoke 
inspector  or  by  any  one  whom  he  may  duly  authorize  for  such 
purpose.  Such  abatement  may  be  in  addition  to  the  fine  here¬ 
inafter  provided.  Any  person,  corporation,  association  or  co¬ 
partnership  owning,  operating  or  in  charge  or  in  control  of 
any  locomotive,  steamboat,  steam  tug,  steam  roller,  steam 
derrick,  steam  pile  driver,  tar  kettle  or  other  similar  machine 
or  contrivance,  or  of  any  steam  boiler,  who  shall  cause  or 
permit  the  emission  of  dense  smoke  within  the  city  from  the 
smokestack  or  chimney  of  any  such  locomotive,  steamboat, 
steam  tug,  steam  roller,  steam  derrick,  steam  pile  driver,  tar 
kettle  or  other  similar  machine  or  contrivance,  or  from  the 


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smokestack  or  chimney  of  any  steam  boiler  so  owned,  con¬ 
trolled  or  in  charge  of  him,  her  or  them,  except  for  a  period 
of  six  minutes  in  any  one  hour  during  which  the  fire  box  is 
being  cleaned  out  or  a  new  fire  being  built  therein,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  ordinance  and  upon  con¬ 
viction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense  and  each  day  of 
such  emission  of  dense  smoke  shall  constitute  a  separate 
offense. 

(As  amended  February  18,  1907.) 

§  7.  All  fees  for  licenses  granted  under  any  and  all  pro¬ 
visions  of  these  ordinances  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  clerk,  who 
shall  deposit  the  same  with  the  city  treasurer  daily,  except  as 
provided  in  section  seven  of  chapter  two  of  the  ordinances  of 
the  city  of  Syracuse  as  amended,  and  shall  also  keep  a  record 
of  all  licenses  issued. 

(As  amended  February  20,  1901.) 

§  8.  The  city  of  Syracuse  shall  be  divided  by  the  commis¬ 
sioner  of  public  safety  into  four  (4)  fire  districts  as  follows: 
The  First,  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  fire  districts. 

The  fire  department  of  said  city  shall  consist  of  one  chief, 
a  district  chief  for  each  of  the  above  named  fire  districts,  one 
superintendent  of  fire  alarm  telegraph,  one  assistant  superin¬ 
tendent  of  fire  alarm  telegraph,  one  instructor  together  with 
such  captains,  lieutenants,  drivers,  hosemen,  pipemen,  linemen 
and  helpers  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  and  efficient 
management  of  the  engines  and  the  apparatus  of  the  depart¬ 
ment  ;  provided,  that  the  whole  number  of  men  connected  with 
each  engine  shall  not  exceed  ten ;  provided  also,  that  the  whole 
number  of  men  connected  with  each  hook  and  ladder  carriage 
shall  not  exceed  ten. 

(Amendment  of  June  1,  1914.) 

§  9.  The  police  force  of  the  city  shall  as  to  its  membership 
component  parts  be  as  follows,  viz:  One  chief,  one  deputy 
chief,  one  captain,  three  lieutenants,  one  detective  sergeant, 
eight  sergeants,  one  traffic  sergeant,  eleven  detectives,  one 
clerk  to  chief  of  police,  one  Bertillion  clerk,  one  court  attend¬ 
ant,  one  superintendent  signal  plant,  one  gymnasium  in- 


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structor,  one  gymnasium  superintendent,  three  matrons,  one 
Polish  interpreter,  one  Italian  interpreter,  one  patrolwoman, 
and  not  more  than  one  hundred  and  eighty  patrolmen,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  board  of  estimate  and  apportionment  of 
the  city  of  Syracuse,  in  the  manner  and  form  prescribed  by 
section  one  hundred  thirty-four  of  the  act  governing  cities  of 
the  second  class. 

(Amendment  of  March  29,  1915.) 

§  10.  No  owner  of  any  land  within  the  city  limits  shall 
allow  any  sidewalk  adjoining  said  land  to  be  at  any  time  other 
than  in  good  repair  and  in  a  good  and  safe  condition ;  nor  shall 
any  such  owner  allow  any  accumulation  of  snow  or  ice  or  any 
other  obstruction  thereon. 

§  11.  No  person  shall  remove,  mutilate,  disturb,  cover  or  in 
any  way  interfere  with  or  render  inaccessible  any  land  monu¬ 
ment  or  cover  thereto  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Syracuse 
without  the  permission  of  the  city  engineer  in  writing. 

§  12.  (Repealed.) 

§  13.  Expectorating  upon  the  floors  of  public  buildings, 
street  cars,  public  conveyances  and  in  any  public  place  within 
the  city  limits  is  hereby  forbidden. 

Any  person  offending  against  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more 
than  five  dollars. 

(Amendment  of  February  14,  1911.) 

§  14.  There  shall  be  held  a  regular  meeting  of  the  common 
council  on  Monday  of  each  week  at  two  p.  m.  o'clock,  at  the 
City  Hall,  unless  any  such  Monday  be  a  legal  holiday,  and  in 
such  event  on  the  following  Tuesday  at  said  hour,  unless  other¬ 
wise  ordered  by  the  common  council ;  and 

Be  it  further  ordained,  That  the  head  of  each  department 
and  bureau  of  the  city  government  be  and  they  hereby  are 
requested  to  be  in  their  respective  offices  at  said  hour  so  that 
the  members  of  the  common  council  may  confer  with  them  if 
they  so  desire. 

(Amendment  of  October  5,  1908.) 


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§  15.  No  person  shall  drive,  lead,  stand  or  hitch  any  ani¬ 
mal  into,  across,  along  or  upon  any  bicycle  path  now  con¬ 
structed  or  to  be  constructed  for  the  exclusive  use  of  bicycles 
in  the  city  of  Syracuse. 

§  16.  It  shall  be  at  all  times  the  right  and  privilege  of  any 
person  within  the  city  to  have  weighed,  free  of  charge,  upon 
any  public  scale  belonging  to  the  city  any  coal  purchased  for 
domestic  or  household  use. 

§  17.  A.  Definitions. — Congested  districts  refers  to  the 
section  of  the  city  contained  within  the  one-half  mile  circle 
using  the  Salina  street  hoist  bridge  as  the  center. 

Vehicle.  The  word  vehicle  includes  equestrians,  animals 
that  are  led,  and  everything  on  wheels  or  runners  except  rail¬ 
road  cars. 

Horse.  The  word  horse  includes  all  domestic  animals. 

Driver.  The  word  driver  includes  the  rider  and  driver  of 
a  horse,  the  rider  of  bicycles  and  motorcycles,  and  the  operator 
of  motor  vehicles  or  any  other  vehicles. 

B.  Police  to  Have  Authority. — The  police  department  shall 
have  control  of  and  shall  regulate  and  supervise  vehicular 
traffic  in  streets,  bridges,  squares,  parks,  parkways,  alleys  and 
public  places  of  the  city,  and  all  drivers  shall  obey  the  reason¬ 
able  orders  of  the  officers  of  such  department. 

No  person  shall  ride  or  propel  any  bicycle  or  motorcycle,  or 
any  other  vehicle  upon  any  street,  bridge,  square,  park,  park¬ 
way,  alley  or  public  place  of  this  city  within  six  hundred  feet 
of  any  apparatus  controlled  by  the  fire  or  police  departments 
when  responding  to  an  alarm  or  call.  No  person  riding  or 
propelling  any  such  vehicle  shall  proceed  or  follow  such  appa¬ 
ratus  when  responding  to  an  alarm  or  call  within  a  distance 
of  six  hundred  feet  therefrom. 

(Amendment  of  August  10, 1914.) 

C.  Speed. — No  person  shall  operate  any  vehicle  in  any 
public  highway,  street,  square,  park,  parkway  or  public  place 
at  a  speed  greater  than  one  mile  in  four  minutes,  or  in  a  care¬ 
less  or  imprudent  manner  or  at  a  rate  of  speed  greater  than  is 
reasonable  and  proper  having  regard  to  traffic  and  use  of  the 
highway,  street,  square,  park,  parkway  or  public  place,  or  so 
as  to  endanger  the  life  or  limb  of  any  person,  or  the  safety 


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of  any  person  or  property.  A  rate  of  speed  of  any  vehicle  in 
excess  of  ten  miles  per  hour  in  the  congested  district  or  upon 
approaching  a  bridge,  sharp  curve,  or  descent,  or  upon  ap¬ 
proaching  a  crossing  or  intersecting  streets  or  rounding  a 
corner,  or  in  traversing  a  bridge,  curve  or  descent,  or  the 
failure  of  the  person  driving  or  operating  the  vehicle  to  have 
the  same  in  control,  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  the  driv¬ 
ing  of  the  vehicle  at  a  rate  of  speed  and  in  a  manner  which  is 
not  careful  and  prudent,  and  so  as  to  endanger  the  life  and 
limb  of  persons  and  the  safety  of  property  upon  the  public 
highway  or  public  place. 

D.  Right  of  Way. — Vehicles  in  the  service  of  the  police  and 
fire  departments,  the  United  States  mail,  emergency  repair 
wagons  in  the  service  of  the  city,  street  railway  or  lighting 
company,  licensed  ambulances  or  vehicles  of  physicians  bear¬ 
ing  the  Red  Cross  emblem  in  plain  view  when  proceeding  to  or 
returning  from  an  emergency  call,  shall  have  the  right  of  way 
in  any  street  and  through  any  procession,  but  the  drivers  of 
such  emergency  repair  wagons,  ambulances  and  physicians' 
vehicles  shall  satisfy  the  police  that  they  are  actually  engaged 
in  answering  or  returning  from  such  emergency  calls. 

Vehicles  approaching  from  the  right  shall  have  the  right  of 
way. 

Vehicles  in  the  congested  district  moving  slowly  shall  keep 
as  close  as  possible  to  the  curb  on  the  right. 

Outside  the  congested  district  and  wherever  possible,  all 
horse  drawn  slow  moving  vehicles  must  keep  within  four  feet 
of  the  right  hand  curb. 

E.  Warning  Signals. — Every  bicycle,  tricycle,  automobile, 
motorcycle,  ambulance  or  emergency  vehicle  driven  in  any 
street,  square,  park,  parkway,  alley  or  public  place  of  the  city 
shall  be  equipped  with  a  horn,  bell,  or  some  other  signal,  and 
such  horn,  bell  or  other  signal  shall  be  used  in  giving  warn¬ 
ing  to  pedestrians,  or  other  vehicles,  when  necessary.  The  use 
of  sirens  or  other  unusual,  annoying  or  particularly  loud  sig¬ 
nals  of  any  sort  is  forbidden  except  upon  motor-driven  appa¬ 
ratus  of  the  fire  department  or  police  department. 

Mufflers  shall  be  absolutely  closed  within  the  city  limits  on 
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F.  Prohibitions . — No  person  shall  ride,  propel  or  coast  any 
bicycle  upon  any  street,  lane,  alley,  square  or  parkway  of  this 
city  abreast  of  or  hang  onto  a  street  car,  automobile,  motor¬ 
cycle  or  other  vehicle  of  any  nature. 

No  vehicle  shall,  while  used  for  advertising  purposes,  be 
driven  or  conveyed  through  any  street,  avenue,  square,  park, 
parkway,  alley  or  public  place  of  the  city. 

No  person  shall  drive  any  vehicle  upon  any  sidewalk  of  the 
city.  No  person  shall  drive  any  vehicle  with  the  hands  off  the 
guiding  apparatus,  nor  shall  any  person  riding  a  bicycle  coast 
upon  any  public  street  or  sidewalk,  or  proceed  with  the  feet 
off  the  pedals,  nor  perform  any  trick  or  fancy  riding  upon  any 
street,  square,  park,  parkway,  alley  or  public  place  of  the  city. 

No  person  shall  ride  on  the  handle  bars,  frame  or  tank  of 
any  motorcycle  or  bicycle,  nor  shall  two  persons  be  allowed  to 
ride  on  any  motorcycle  or  bicycle  upon  the  streets,  squares, 
parks,  parkways,  alleys  or  avenues  of  the  city,  unless  such 
motorcycle  or  bicycle  is  provided  with  proper  seats  for  two. 

No  animals  shall  be  allowed  to  stand  upon  the  street  with¬ 
out  being  properly  hitched.  No  animals  shall  be  allowed  to  be 
fed  upon  a  public  street. 

G.  Not  to  Obstruct  Sidewalks. — No  person  shall  place  or 
leave  any  bicycle,  tricycle  or  motorcycle  upon  any  sidewalk  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  obstruct  traffic  on  or  across  the  same,  nor 
shall  any  bicycle,  tricycle  or  motorcycle  be  left  upon  any  street 
between  the  curbs  thereof  so  as  to  obstruct  traffic. 

H.  Keep  to  the  Right. — A  vehicle,  except  when  passing  a 
vehicle  ahead,  shall  keep  as  near  the  right  hand  curb  as  pos¬ 
sible. 

Meeting  and  Passing. — A  vehicle  meeting  another  shall 
pass  to  the  right. 

Overtaking  and  Passing. — A  vehicle  overtaking  another 
shall  pass  to  the  left  and  not  pull  to  the  right  until  entirely 
clear  of  the  vehicle  passed. 

On  Divided  Streets.— On  an  avenue  or  street  divided  by  a 
parkway,  walk,  sunken  way  or  viaduct,  vehicles  shall,  when 
indicated  by  the  proper  signs  or  notices,  keep  to  the  right  of 
such  divisions. 


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Turning  Corners  to  the  Right. — Vehicles  turning  corner  to 
the  right  shall  turn  as  near  the  right  hand  curb  as  possible. 


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Turning  Corners  to  the  Left. — Vehicles  turning  corner  to 
the  left  shall  pass  the  center  of  the  street  intersection  before 
the  turn  is  made. 


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93 


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Stopping. — Vehicles  shall  stop  with  their  right  hand  side 
at  the  curb. 

Stopping  Street  Cars. — When  practical,  street  cars  in  the 
congested  district  will  stop  on  the  near  side  of  the  intersecting 
street,  with  no  stop  on  the  far  side. 


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Congested  District. — The  congested  district  is  all  that  terri¬ 
tory  within  the  half  mile  circle,  using  the  Salina  street  hoist 
bridge  as  the  center,  a  map  of  which  is  as  follows : 


Turning  in  the  Center  of  Blocks. — In  the  congested  district, 
drivers  shall  not  turn  in  the  center  of  the  block,  nor  cross  from 
one  side  of  the  roadway  to  the  other,  but  must  cross  at  the  end 
of  the  block  inside  the  crosswalk. 


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95 


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Emergency  Stops. — Vehicles,  except  in  emergency,  or  to 
allow  another  vehicle  or  pedestrians  to  cross  its  path,  shall  not 
stop  in  a  street,  square,  park,  parkway,  alley  or  public  place 
except  at  the  curb. 

Discharging  People  or  Merchandise. — So  far  as  practical, 
all  persons  or  merchandise  shall  be  discharged  from  the  side 
of  the  vehicle  upon  which  same  is  being  carried,  and  in  no 


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case  shall  a  vehicle  remain  backed  up  to  a  curb  except  when 
actually  discharging  heavy  freight.  If  said  vehicle  be  horse- 
drawn,  and  have  four  wheels,  the  horse  or  horses  must  stand 
parallel  to  the  curb  and  faced  in  the  direction  of  traffic. 

Signals.— In  slowing  up  or  stopping,  a  signal  shall  be  given 
those  behind  by  raising  the  whip  or  hand  horizontally.  In 
turning,  while  in  motion,  or  in  starting  to  turn  from  a  stand¬ 
still,  a  signal  shall  be  given  by  raising  a  whip  or  hand,  indicat¬ 
ing  with  it  the  direction  in  which  the  turn  is  to  be  made. 

Obstructing  Crossings. — No  vehicle  shall  be  stopped  upon 
any  crossing  so  as  to  obstruct  the  passage  of  pedestrians. 

Waiting  Vehicles. — No  vehicle,  unattended,  shall  be  left 
waiting  at  any  curb  within  the  congested  district  longer  than 
twenty  minutes.  A  motor  driven  vehicle  in  no  case  shall  be 
left  unless  the  power  is  shut  off. 

A  vehicle  with  a  driver  or  chauffeur  must  promptly  let  off 
or  take  on  passengers  or  merchandise  without  shutting  off  the 
power,  after  which  vehicle  must  be  kept  moving.  When  rest¬ 
ing  a  vehicle  shall  be  at  a  parking  station  hereinafter  de¬ 
scribed  or  in  streets  in  uncongested  district. 

Regulations  for  waiting  vehicles  are  in  force  from  eight 
a.  m.  to  six-thirty  p.  m. 

Department  of  public  works,  and  other  vehicles  in  the  em¬ 
ploy  of  the  city,  shall  have  the  right  to  stand  at  the  curb  a 
reasonable  time  for  loading  on  refuse,  cleaning  catch  basins, 
collecting  garbage,  etc. 

Vehicles  Approaching  Street  Cars. — Vehicles  approaching 
street  cars  which  are  loading  or  unloading  passengers,  within 
the  boundary  of  the  congested  district,  shall  not  pass  such  cars, 
but  shall  slow  down  and  bring  their  vehicle  to  a  stop.  Every 
driver  of  a  vehicle  shall,  in  slowing  up  or  stopping,  give  a  sig¬ 
nal  to  those  behind  by  raising  the  hand  or  whip  horizontally. 

Outside  of  the  congested  district  where  right  of  way  is  abso¬ 
lutely  clear,  vehicles  may  pass  street  cars  so  stopping  if  they 
clear  six  feet  from  the  lower  step,  or  running  board  of  the 
street  car.  Otherwise  such  vehicle  shall  stop  as  hereinbefore 
provided.  However,  unceasing  vigilance  must  be  exercised 
on  all  streets  and  at  all  times  by  the  drivers  whenever  a  street 
car  stops,  or  passengers  are  assembled  to  take  car. 


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97 


Obstructing  Traffic. — No  vehicle  shall  so  occupy  any  street 
as  to  interfere  with  or  interrupt  the  passage  of  street  cars  or 
other  vehicles. 

Conditions  of  Vehicles. — No  one  shall  drive  or  conduct  any 
vehicle  in  such  condition  so  constructed  or  so  loaded,  as  to  be 
likely  to  cause  delay  in  traffic,  or  accident  or  injury  to  man, 
beast  or  property. 

J.  Age  of  Drivers  or  Operators. — No  person  shall  operate 
or  drive  a  motor  vehicle,  or  other  vehicle,  who  is  under  eighteen 
years  of  age,  unless  such  person  is  accompanied  by  a  fully 
licensed  chauffeur,  or  the  owner  of  the  motor  vehicle  or  other 
vehicle  being  operated. 

K.  Obedience. — Drivers  of  vehicles  must  at  all  times  com¬ 
ply  with  any  direction  by  voice,  or  whistle,  of  any  member  of 
the  police  department  as  to  stopping,  starting,  approaching  or 
departing  from  any  place,  the  method  of  taking  up  or  setting 
down  passengers,  or  loading  or  unloading  freight. 

L.  Dazzling  Lights  Forbidden. — No  motor  vehicle,  motor¬ 
cycle,  bicycle,  ambulance,  emergency  wagon,  or  other  vehicle 
shall  display  or  have  lighted  a  light  burning  acetylene  or  gas 
formed  from  or  by  acetylene,  or  electric  or  other  searchlight, 
unless  in  either  case  the  same  be  screened  or  covered  or 
dimmed  so  as  not  to  glare  or  dazzle. 

M.  Light  on  Vehicles ,  How  Regulated. — All  vehicles  shall 
exhibit  during  the  period  from  one  hour  after  sunset  to  one 
hour  before  sunrise,  on  the  left  side  of  the  vehicle,  a  white 
light  visible  within  a  reasonable  distance  in  front  of  such 
vehicle,  and  a  red  light,  visible  within  a  reasonable  distance, 
in  the  rear  thereof. 

N.  Funeral  Processions. — No  person  shall  drive  any  vehi¬ 
cle  or  animal  between  the  conveyance  of  a  funeral  procession 
or  interrupt  or  detain  such  procession  or  any  part  thereof  in 
any  manner,  while  it  is  moving  on  any  of  the  public  streets. 
This  provision  shall  not  apply  to  the  drivers  or  persons  in 
charge  of  public  ambulances,  the  vehicles  and  apparatus  of  the 
police  and  fire  department,  United  States  mail,  or  to  convey¬ 
ances  of  physicians  bearing  the  Red  Cross  emblem  while  re¬ 
sponding  to  emergency  calls. 


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O.  Parking  of  Cars. — Cars  may  be  parked  at  any  of  the 
herein  mentioned  locations: 

Vanderbilt  Square,  University  and  White  Memorial  build¬ 
ings'  frontage. 

West  Water  street,  facing  Wieting  block,  along  Erie  canal. 

Onondaga  street,  Cedar  street  and  State  street  at  the  Court 
House. 

Harrison  street,  between  Salina  street  and  Warren  street. 

North  and  south  sides  of  Veterans’  Park,  Water  street. 

Jefferson  street,  north  and  south  side  from  Montgomery, 
half  way  to  Warren.  • 

Side  streets  not  mentioned  as  streets  where  cars  must  be 
kept  in  motion  outside  of  the  congested  district. 

In  Vanderbilt  Square,  cars  shall  be  parked  at  an  angle  of 
forty-five  degrees,  and  shall  be  lined  up  in  the  rear  at  a  dis¬ 
tance  of  eight  feet  from  the  curb.  Cars  shall  be  lined  up  close 
together  to  avoid  waste  space. 

No  vehicle  shall  be  left  standing  on  Railroad  street  between 
the  New  York  Central  station  and  East  Genesee  street,  except 
at  the  parking  station  in  Vanderbilt  Square,  which  is  the 
space  in  front  of  the  University  block  and  White  Memorial 
building. 

P.  Accidents. — In  case  of  an  accident,  such  as  a  collision 
with  a  person,  animal,  or  vehicle,  the  operator  of  any  vehicle 
in  the  collision  must  immediately  stop  and  give  his  name  and 
residence  and  the  number  of  his  license,  if  a  licensed  machine, 
and  render  such  assistance  as  may  be  reasonable  and  neces¬ 
sary  within  his  power. 

Q.  Automobiles .  Being  Towed  Through  the  Streets. — 
In  towing  automobiles  through  the  streets  three  men  shall  be 
required,  one  operating  the  forward  machine,  one  steering  the 
rear  machine,  and  one  watching  to  see  that  no  pedestrians 
walk  in  between. 

The  distance  between  machines  shall  not  be  more  than  fif¬ 
teen  feet. 

R.  Placing  of  Signs. — The  commissioner  of  public  safety 
of  the  city  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  place  conspicu¬ 
ously  on  eacn  main  public  highway  where  the  line  of  said  city 


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99 


crosses  the  same,  signs  of  sufficient  size  to  be  easily  readable 
by  a  person  using  the  highway,  bearing  the  words,  “City  of 
Syracuse;  slow  down  to  fifteen  miles;”  and  also  an  arrow 
pointing  in  the  direction  where  the  speed  is  to  be  reduced. 
Also  the  commissioner  of  public  safety  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  place  conspicuously  on  each  main  public  high¬ 
way  leading  to  the  center  of  the  city,  where  the  half  mile 
circle  crosses  the  same,  signs  of  sufficient  size  to  be  easily 
readable  by  a  person  using  the  highway  bearing  the  words, 
“Congested  district;  unsafe  driving  prohibited;  slow  down  to 
ten  miles,”  with  an  arrow  pointing  in  the  direction  of  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  the  city. 

S.  Penalties. — Any  person  violating  subdivision  C  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  liable  to  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the 
Onondaga  county  penitentiary  for  a  term  of  not  more  than 
fifty  days,  or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  Any  per¬ 
son  violating  any  other  subdivision  or  subdivisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  liable  to  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  ten  ($10.00)  dollars  or  imprisonment  in  the 
Onondaga  county  penitentiary  for  a  term  of  not  more  than  ten 
days,  or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

(Amendment  of  August  10,  1914. 

T.  Limitations. — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
of  the  city  of  Syracuse  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  rescinded,  such  rescission  to  be  effective 
when  this  ordinance  takes  effect. 

U.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  thirty-five  days  from 
the  date  when  the  same  shall  have  been  approved,  and  signed 
by  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Syracuse,  and  the  city  clerk  is 
hereby  directed  to  file  with  the  secretary  of  state  a  certified 
copy  of  this  ordinance  at  least  thirty  days  before  the  same 
shall  take  effect. 

Motorcycles  shall  be  and  hereby  are  exempt  from  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  seventeen  of  chapter  thirty-six  of  the  ordi¬ 
nances  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  in  so  far  as  the  same  applies 
to  the  speed  of  said  motorcycles.  No  person  shall  operate  or 
drive  a  motorcycle  on  any  public  highway  of  and  in  the  city 


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Miscellaneous 


of  Syracuse  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  one  mile  in  five 
minutes,  or  one  mile  in  seven  minutes  in  turning  corners. 

(Amendment  of  July  3,  1911.) 

§  18.  When  by  the  terms  of  any  statute  or  ordinance  public 
notice  is  required  to  be  given  of  the  reception  of  bids  for  the 
letting  of  contracts  by  the  board  of  contract  and  supply  of  said 
city  for  the  performance  of  any  work,  or  for  the  supplying  of 
any  materials  for  the  city,  or  for  any  office,  court,  board  or 
department  thereof,  and  the  manner  in  which  public  notice 
shall  be  given  is  not  specified  in  such  statute  or  ordinance,  then 
the  public  notice  so  to  be  given  shall  be  given  by  five  succes¬ 
sive  daily  publications  thereof,  Sundays  and  legal  holidays 
excepted,  in  the  official  paper  of  the  city,  the  last  of  which 
publication  shall  be  at  least  two  days  prior  to  the  date  fixed 
for  the  reception  of  bids  and  the  letting  of  contracts  described 
in  such  notice. 

(As  amended  May  28,  1906.) 

§  19.  No  firm,  person,  corporation  or  association,  or  any 
employee  of  such  or  any  of  such,  shall  in  the  newspapers  or 
other  publications  of  this  city,  or  in  public  advertisements, 
bills  or  posters,  or  in  communications  intended  for  a  large 
number  of  persons,  knowingly  make  or  disseminate  any  false 
statement  or  assertion  of  fact  calculated  to  mislead  with  re¬ 
spect  to  his,  its  or  their  business  affairs  concerning  the  qual¬ 
ity,  the  quantity,  the  value,  price,  the  method  of  production 
or  manufacture,  or  the  fixing  of  the  price  of  his,  its  or  their 
merchandise  or  professional  work,  or  the  manner  or  source 
of  purchase  of  such  merchandise,  or  the  possession  of  awards, 
prizes  or  distinctions,  or  the  motive  or  purpose  of  a  sale  in¬ 
tended  to  have  the  appearance  of  an  advantageous  offer. 

§  20.  Every  wire  for  furnishing  light,  heat  or  power,  or 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  an  electric  current  for  any  pur¬ 
pose  whatsoever  within  the  city  of  Syracuse,  led  into  any 
building  from  the  outside  thereof,  shall  be  arranged  with 
suitable  appliances  to  cut  off  the  current  on  the  outside  of  the 
building,  and  all  wires,  including  telegraph,  telephone,  mes¬ 
senger  or  time  wires,  placed  inside  any  building,  shall  be 
properly  insulated.  None  of  said  wires  shall  be  led  to  any 


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101 


building  used  for  manufacturing  or  commercial  purposes  at 
a  point  lower  than  the  roof  nor  within  the  half-mile  circle,  as 
shown  by  the  city  map,  to  any  building  at  a  lower  point.  All 
poles  used  for  the  support  of  any  such  wires  other  than  trolley 
wires  shall  be  of  sufficient  height  so  that  the  lowest  arm  thereon 
shall  be  at  least  twenty-five  feet  from  the  ground ;  and  all  dead 
wires  shall  be  removed  by  the  owner  of  the  same. 

In  no  case  shall  any  such  wire,  appliances  or  currents  be 
introduced  into  any  building,  nor  operated  therein,  except  in 
accordance  with  the  rules  and  requirements  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  for  the  installation  of  wiring  and 
apparatus  for  electric  light,  heat  and  power,  and  all  outside 
wiring  and  apparatus  for  light,  heat  and  power,  or  for  tele¬ 
graph,  telephone,  messenger  or  time  service,  or  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  an  electric  current  for  any  purpose  whatever,  shall 
be  put  up,  erected,  maintained  and  operated  only  within  the 
aforesaid  rules  and  requirements.  No  person  or  corporation 
shall  place  or  introduce  into  any  building  in  the  city  any  wire 
for  the  aforesaid  purposes  until  said  person  or  corporation 
shall  have  filed  with  the  fire  marshal  a  written  or  printed 
statement  which  shall  give  the  name  of  the  owner  and  the  loca¬ 
tion  of  the  building,  for  what  purpose  the  wiring  is  to  be  done, 
and  the  name  of  the  person  or  company  doing  the  same, 
together  with  a  certificate  from  the  inspector  of  electrical  con¬ 
struction  or  city  electrician  of  said  city  that  the  said  person 
or  company  is  competent  to  perform  such  work.  The  fire  mar¬ 
shal  shall  enter  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose  the  name 
of  the  owner,  the  location  of  the  building,  the  character  of  the 
wiring  and  the  name  of  the  contractor,  and  shall  issue  to  the 
contractor  a  permit  for  the  doing  of  such  work  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  and  requirements  of  said  National  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters. 

Any  telephone,  telegraph,  electric  light  company,  or  person 
doing  business  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  shall  comply  with  the 
conditions  of  this  ordinance,  excepting  that  any  telephone, 
telegraph  or  electric  light  company  may  at  any  time  make  the 
necessary  connections  and  changes  in  the  manner  provided  by 
this  ordinance,  and  shall  file  a  statement  as  hereinbefore  pro¬ 
vided,  showing  the  changes  and  connections  made  as  above,  as 
often  as  once  a  week. 


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102 


Miscellaneous 


The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  applicable  to 
wiring  now  in  existence  sixty  days  from  the  time  this  ordi¬ 
nance  takes  effect. 

The  penalty  collected  for  any  violation  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  paid  to  the  fire  and  police  pension  funds  in  equal 
shares. 

Until  provisions  for  an  inspector  of  electrical  construction 
or  city  electrician  shall  be  made  by  the  city,  the  fire  marshal 
shall  accept  in  lieu  of  the  certificate  of  competency  from  the 
city  electrician  or  inspector  of  electrical  construction  such 
evidence  of  the  competency  of  persons,  corporations  or  com¬ 
panies  doing  electrical  work  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  him. 

§  21.  No  telephone  or  telegraph  pole  nor  any  poles 
whereon  wires  may  be  placed  or  strung  shall  be  hereafter  set, 
placed  or  erected  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  until  the 
name  of  the  person  or  company  owning  said  pole  shall  have 
its  name  stamped  or  placed  thereon  in  a  legible  manner  at 
least  one  foot  and  not  more  than  six  feet  above  the  ground; 
and  further  ordained,  that  every  telephone  or  telegraph  com¬ 
pany  and  every  other  person  or  corporation  owning  and  main¬ 
taining  poles  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  heretofore 
placed  and  erected  whereon  wires  are  now  strung  or  may  here¬ 
after  be  strung  or  placed,  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
December,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  place  or  stamp  thereon 
the  name  of  such  person  or  company  owning  and  maintaining 
said  pole  in  a  legible  manner  at  least  one  foot  and  not  to  ex¬ 
ceed  six  feet  above  the  ground,  and  shall  keep  and  maintain 
such  name  upon  such  poles. 

§  22.  Any  person  found  trespassing  in  lumber  yards,  out¬ 
houses,  barns,  buildings  or  upon  private  property  within  the 
city  limits  without  lawful  business  or  occasion  therefor,  and 
not  giving  a  good  account  of  himself,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis¬ 
demeanor. 

(Added  May  18,  1908.) 

§  23.  Whenever  any  proposals  shall  be  solicited  for  the 
doing  of  any  public  work  or  improvement  in  the  city,  every 
corporation,  co-partnership  or  person  submitting  a  bid  for  the 
furnishing  of  the  materials  and  the  doing  of  such  public  work 
shall  submit  with  such  bid  a  certified  check,  drawn  upon  a 


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103 


solvent  bank  or  trust  company  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in 
an  amount  equal  to  five  per  cent  of  the  price  bid  by  it  or  them, 
for  the  furnishing  of  such  materials  and  the  doing  of  the  work. 

(Added  March  22,  1909.) 

§  24.  No  agreement  shall  be  made  by  any  department  or 
officer  of  the  city  for  the  installation  or  maintenance  of  any 
city  telephone  service,  in  addition  to  that  now  existing  or  for 
the  continuance  of  the  existing  service,  except  upon  the  ap¬ 
proval  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Safety,  who  shall  super¬ 
vise  the  location,  installation  and  maintenance  of  all  city  tele¬ 
phones  and  all  wiring  and  apparatus  belonging  thereto.  Spe¬ 
cial  agreements  for  special  city  telephone  service  may  be  made 
at  special  rates  by  the  various  departments  and  officers  of  the 
city  in  the  manner  provided  by  law,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  commissioner  of  public  safety,  but  no  agreement  for  the 
installation  or  maintenance  of  any  regular  city  telephone  serv¬ 
ice,  or  for  the  continuance  of  any  portion  of  the  existing  regu¬ 
lar  city  telephone  service  shall  be  made  at  a  higher  rate  than 
is  now  being  paid  for  such  service,  except  upon  express  author¬ 
ization  by  the  common  council. 

(Adopted  January  18,  1915.) 

§  25.  On  and  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
sixteen,  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  sell  or  expose  for  sale,  or  buy 
or  exchange,  or  give  away,  or  have  in  possession,  any  balloon 
made  or  intended  to  contain  fire,  for  the  purpose  of  ascension, 
or  send  up  or  cause  to  ascend  any  balloon  containing  in  or 
about  it  any  fire,  but  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  bal¬ 
loon  in  which  a  human  being  shall  ascend,  or  which  shall  be 
intended  for  use  in  such  ascension. 


Sale  of  Drugs. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Syracuse 
as  follows : 

Section  1.  No  pharmacist,  merchant  or  any  other  person, 
by  himself,  or  by  his  servant  or  agent,  or  as  the  servant  or 
agent  of  any  other  person  or  of  any  firm  or  corporation,  shall 
sell,  furnish,  dispose  of,  barter,  or  give  away  any  narcotic  drug 


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in  any  quantity,  except  upon  written  prescription  of  a  physi¬ 
cian  or  dentist  or  veterinarian  licensed  under  the  laws  of  the 
state  of  New  York. 

§  2.  For  the  purposes  of  this  ordinance  the  following 
drugs,  compounds  and  preparations  shall  be  deemed  narcotic 
drugs,  namely:  Stovain,  heroin,  morphine,  codeine,  chloral, 
chloral  hydrate,  alypin,  or  any  salt,  compound  or  derivative 
of,  or  any  preparation  containing  any  of  the  aforesaid  sub¬ 
stances,  or  any  substance  under  any  other  name  giving  a  chem¬ 
ical  reaction  or  other  test  recognized  by  the  United  States 
pharmacopoeia  corresponding  to  that  of  any  of  the  aforesaid 
substances  or  of  any  of  their  salts,  compounds  or  derivatives. 

§  3.  No  prescription  for  a  narcotic  drug  shall  be  written 
or  filled  unless  it  is  dated  and  signed  by  the  prescriber  and 
specifies  the  person  for  whom,  or  the  owner  of  the  animal  and 
the  kind  of  animal  for  which  it  is  intended,  and  none  shall  be 
filled,  unless  it  is  an  original  prescription.  No  such  prescrip¬ 
tion  shall  be  filled  except  in  the  quantity  specified  by  the  pre¬ 
scriber,  and  none  shall  be  filled  more  than  once. 

§  4.  Every  pharmacist  who  sells,  furnishes,  disposes  of, 
barters,  or  gives  away  any  narcotic  drug  shall  file  the  original 
of  every  prescription  that  he  fills  for  such  drugs,  numbering 
and  filing  such  prescriptions  consecutively,  according  to  the 
time  when  they  are  filled.  If  any  pharmacist  shall  have  a 
consecutive  numbering  and  filing  system  for  all  prescriptions 
those  for  narcotic  drugs  may  be  filed  and  numbered  along  with 
the  other  prescriptions.  All  prescriptions  for  narcotic  drugs 
shall  be  preserved  by  pharmacists  for  at  least  three  years  from 
the  date  of  the  prescriptions  and  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection 
of  any  health  officer  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  or  the  coroner  of 
Onondaga  county. 

§  5.  No  pharmacist  shall  give  a  copy  of  a  prescription  for 
a  narcotic  to  any  person. 

§  6.  No  pharmacist  shall  fill  a  prescription  for  a  narcotic 
drug  without  plainly  labeling  the  bottle,  package  or  box  con¬ 
taining  the  drug  prescribed,  with  his  own  name  and  address, 
or,  in  case  of  a  partnership  or  corporation,  with  the  name  and 
address  of  the  partnership  or  corporation,  and  also  the  name 


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of  the  prescriber,  the  directions  for  taking  the  drug,  and  the 
name  of  the  person  for  whom  or  the  owner  of  the  animal  for 
which  the  drug  was  prescribed. 

§  7.  No  physician  shall  prescribe  any  narcotic  drug  for  any 
person,  except  for  the  treatment  of  disease,  injury  or  deform¬ 
ity,  or  as  a  part  of  a  course  of  cure  for  the  habitual  use  of  a 
narcotic  drug.  No  dentist  shall  prescribe  a  narcotic  drug  for 
any  person  not  under  his  treatment  and  unless  the  prescription 
is  given  in  the  regular  practice  of  his  profession.  No  veteri¬ 
narian  shall  prescribe  any  narcotic  drug  for  any  human  being, 
or  for  any  animal,  unless  he  shall  be  affirmatively  satisfied  that 
the  drug  will  be  used  for  the  animal  and  not  for  the  purposes 
of  evading  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

§  8.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his  pos¬ 
session  a  narcotic  drug,  cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  or  any 
salt,  admixture,  compound  or  derivative  of,  or  any  preparation 
containing  any  of  the  aforesaid  substances,  or  any  substance 
under  any  other  name  giving  a  chemical  reaction  or  other  test 
recognized  by  the  United  States  pharmacopeia  corresponding 
to  that  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  substances  or  any  of  their  salts, 
compounds  or  derivatives,  unless  such  drug  has  been  prescribed 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  that  he 
is  acting  as  the  agent  for  a  person  for  whom,  or  for  the  owner 
of  an  animal  for  which  such  drug  has  been  prescribed  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  The  fact  of 
possession  of  any  such  drug,  salt,  admixture,  compound,  de¬ 
rivative,  preparation  or  substance,  except  as  provided  in  this 
ordinance,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  violation  of  this 
ordinance,  on  the  part  of  the  possessor.  Nothing  in  this  sec¬ 
tion  shall  apply  to  the  possession  of  narcotic  or  anaesthetic 
drugs,  substances  or  compounds  under  circumstances  amount¬ 
ing  to  a  felony  under  section  one  thousand  seven  hundred  fifty- 
two  of  the  penal  law.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  apply  to 
the  possession  of  narcotic  drugs  or  of  any  of  said  substances 
by  pharmacists,  licensed  physicians,  dentists  or  veterinarians, 
or  by  hospitals,  sanatoriums  or  nurses  which  or  who  have  per¬ 
mits  from  the  health  officer  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  to  keep 
such  drugs.  Such  permits  may  be  revoked  by  the  health  of¬ 
ficer  at  any  time  for  cause  and  shall  in  no  case  be  valid  for 
more  than  a  year  from  the  date  of  issue. 


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§  9.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  the  sale  at 
wholesale  by  wholesale  druggists  or  pharmaceutical  manufac¬ 
turers  doing  business  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  to  retail  drug¬ 
gists,  hosptials,  or  sanatoriums  or  to  physicians,  dentists  or  to 
veterinarians  licensed  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  York. 
Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  the  sale  by  pharma¬ 
cists  licensed  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  York,  nor  to 
the  use  and  possession  by  any  individual,  of  any  mixture, 
compound  or  preparation  containing  two  grains  of  opium,  or 
one-half  grain  of  morphine,  or  one-half  grain  of  heroin,  or  two 
grains  of  codeine,  or  thirty  grains  of  chloral,  or  thirty  grains 
of  chloral  hydrate,  or  a  less  amount  of  any  one  of  these  sub¬ 
stances,  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  in  case  of  a  dry  preparation,  in 
one  avoirdupois  ounce.  No  such  mixture,  compound  or  prep¬ 
aration  shall  contain  more  than  one  of  said  drugs  or  substances 
unless  the  same  shall  have  been  prescribed  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  The  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  not  apply  to  powder  of  ipecac  and  opium,  sun 
cholera  mixture,  Squibbs  diarrhoea  mixture,  compounded  in 
accordance  with  the  formula  of  the  National  formulary,  or  to 
liniments,  ointments  and  other  preparations  sold,  used  or  pos¬ 
sessed,  exclusively  for  external  applications  and  containing  any 
of  the  narcotics  named  in  section  two  when  the  box,  package 
or  bottle  containing  such  drug  is  plainly  labeled  “for  external 
use  only.,,  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  the  sale 
by  licensed  pharmacists  or  veterinarians  of  compounds  pre¬ 
pared  in  good  faith  exclusively  for  the  use  of  horses  when  such 
pharmacists  or  veterinarians  shall  be  affirmatively  satisfied 
that  the  purchaser  is  not  obtaining  such  compounds  for  the 
purpose  of  evading  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

§  10.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  exceeding  one  hundred  fifty  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  fifty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

(Adopted  February  17,  1913.) 

Also  by  ordinance  adopted  Sept.  5,  1911,  it  is  provided  as  fol¬ 
lows  :  Every  apothecary,  druggist  or  other  person  who  sells 
arsenic,  strychnine,  corrosive  sublimate,  prussic  acid,  atropine, 


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potassium  cyanide,  chloral  hydrate,  hydrocyanic  acid,  mor¬ 
phine,  carbolic  acid  (phenol  U.  S.  P.),  crystals  or  in  liquid 
form  stronger  than  5  per  cent,  solution,  and  all  other  poisonous 
vegetable  alkaloids  and  their  salts,  oil  of  bitter  almonds  con¬ 
taining  hydrocyanic  acid,  opium  and  its  preparations,  except 
paregoric  and  such  others  as  contain  less  than  two  grains  of 
opium  to  the  ounce,  shall  keep  a  book  of  records  recording  the 
date  of  such  sale,  the  article  and  the  amount  thereof  sold  and 
the  person  or  persons  to  whom  delivered  and  their  residence, 
which  record  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  police  of¬ 
ficer  or  physician  during  business  hours  of  each  day,  and  each 
and  every  neglect  to  keep  such  a  record  as  herein  provided 
shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor  and  the  person  or  persons 
guilty  thereof  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  liable  to  a  fine 
of  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  The  giving  of  a  false  and 
fictitious  name  to  the  apothecary,  druggist  or  other  person 
from  whom  such  poison  was  purchased  shall  be  deemed  a  mis¬ 
demeanor  and  the  person  or  persons  guilty  thereof  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars. 

This  ordinance  does  not  apply  to  the  dispensing  of  any  of 
the  above  named  articles  on  a  physician’s  prescription,  but  pro¬ 
hibits  the  sale  of  the  same  to  any  minor. 


CHAPTER  36-A. 

Jitney  Busses. 

Be  it  ordained,  That  the  general  ordinances  of  the  city  of 
Syracuse  be  and  the  same  are  amended  by  adding  a  new  chap¬ 
ter  thereto,  to  be  known  as  chapter  thirty-six-a  and  to  read  as 
follows : 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  association 
of  persons,  or  corporation,  either  as  principal,  agent  or  em¬ 
ploye,  without  first  procuring  a  license  as  herein  provided,  to 
use  or  operate  upon  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  other  public 
place  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  any  motor  vehicle  whatever  for 
the  carriage  of  persons  for  hire  at  a  rate  of  fare  of  15c  or  less 
for  each  passenger. 


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§  2.  That  a  motor  vehicle,  as  the  term  is  used  in  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  is  hereby  defined  to  be  any  motor  propelled  vehicle 
operated  over  the  streets  and  public  places  of  the  city  for  the 
purpose  of  carrying  passengers  for  hire  which  receives  and 
discharges  persons  along  the  route  traversed  by  said  vehicle. 
This  definition  does  not  apply  to  any  street  or  interurban  rail¬ 
way  or  motor  propelled  vehicle  used  exclusively  for  sight  seeing 
purposes  or  to  motor  propelled  vehicles  used  exclusively  as 
hotel  buses  or  to  any  motor  propelled  vehicle  which  is  rented 
from  a  fixed  stand  in  the  street,  or  from  a  private  or  public 
garage  and  the  destination  of  which  is  under  the  direction  of 
the  passenger  or  passengers  transported  therein.  The  term 
“driver”  is  hereby  defined  as  a  person  driving  a  motor  vehicle. 
The  term  “motor  vehicle”  is  further  ordained  to  include  ma¬ 
chines  or  cars  called  “jitney”  or  “jitney  buses.” 

§  3.  Before  receiving  a  license  for  carrying  on  the  business 
defined  by  the  above  sections  of  this  chapter,  any  person,  asso¬ 
ciation  of  persons,  or  corporation  desiring  such  license  shall 
file  with  the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  a  map  of  its 
designated  route  showing  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  pub¬ 
lic  places  upon  which  it  is  intended  to  operate,  together  with 
an  application  in  writing  for  a  license  containing  a  verified 
statement  of  the  operating  schedule  or  headway  to  be  main¬ 
tained,  the  number  of  motor  vehicles  to  be  operated,  and  the 
tariff  of  fares  to  be  charged  for  such  service,  the  termini  and 
the  route  or  routes  over  which  said  vehicles  are  to  operate. 
The  city  clerk  shall  cause  public  notice  of  such  application  to 
be  published  at  least  twice  in  the  official  paper  of  the  city  of 
Syracuse.  After  the  completion  of  said  publication,  as  here¬ 
inbefore  provided  for,  the  city  clerk  shall  present  such  appli¬ 
cation  together  with  the  proof  of  publication  of  such  notice  to 
the  common  council  at  the  next  meeting  following  such  publi¬ 
cation.  The  common  council  shall  at  that  meeting  give  a 
public  hearing  on  such  application  and  may  approve  or  modify 
and  approve  as  modified  any  and  all  such  routes,  operating 
schedule  or  headway,  and  the  acceptance  of  the  license  there¬ 
after  granted  shall  be  deemed  an  agreement  by  the  applicant 
to  operate  its  vehicle  over  the  route  upon  the  schedule  accord¬ 
ing  to  such  action  of  the  common  council  and  an  agreement  that 


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for  failure  to  comply  therewith  the  license  which  may  be  in 
force  may  be  revoked.  The  common  council  may  refuse  to 
grant  such  license  if,  in  its  opinion,  it  is  for  the  best  interests 
of  the  city  so  to  do. 

§  4.  Upon  the  approval  of  such  application  by  the  common 
council,  by  ordinance  duly  adopted,  and  the  approval  of  such 
ordinance  by  the  mayor  as  provided  by  law,  a  license  shall  be 
issued  by  the  city  clerk  to  the  applicant,  which  said  license  shall 
be  countersigned  by  the  mayor.  The  mayor  may,  in  his  dis¬ 
cretion,  refuse  to  countersign  said  license  if  he  deems  it  for 
the  best  interests  of  the  city  so  to  do.  Said  license  when 
countersigned  by  the  mayor  shall  be  delivered  to  the  applicant 
therefor  upon  payment  to  the  city  clerk  of  the  fee  for  the 
same  as  hereinafter  provided  and  the  filing  by  the  applicant 
with  the  city  clerk  of  the  bond  hereinafter  referred  to.  Every 
such  license  so  issued  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  July  next 
following  the  date  the  same  is  issued  unless  sooner  revoked  by 
the  common  council,  provided,  however,  that  any  license  issued 
prior  to  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  1915,  shall  not  expire  until 
the  first  day  of  July,  1916,  unless  sooner  revoked  by  the  com¬ 
mon  council.  Each  such  license  shall  refer  to  the  date  of  the 
approval  by  the  common  council  of  the  statement  filed  by  the 
applicant  therefor  and  shall  specify  the  number  of  motor 
vehicles  to  be  operated  pursuant  thereto  and  the  carrying 
capacity  of  each.  For  such  license  the  applicant  shall  pay  to 
the  city  clerk  the  following  fees : 

For  each  motor  vehicle  having  a  carrying  capacity  of 

not  to  exceed  five  (5)  passengers .  $75.00 

For  each  motor  vehicle  having  a  carrying  capacity  of 

more  than  five  and  not  more  than  ten  passengers....  $100.00 
For  each  motor  vehicle  having  a  carrying  capacity  of 

more  than  ten  and  not  more  than  fifteen  passengers. .$125. 00 
And  for  each  motor  vehicle  having  a  carrying  capacity 

of  over  fifteen  passengers . $150.00 

No  license  granted  pursuant  hereto  shall  be  transferred  to 
any  other  person,  firm  or  corporation  without  the  consent  of 
the  common  council,  a  memorandum  of  which  shall  be  in¬ 
dorsed  on  the  license  and  license  register  by  the  city  clerk. 


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“If  any  licensee  shall  fail  to  obtain  from  the  public  service 
commission  the  certificate  of  public  convenience  and  necessity 
required  by  law  upon  filing  with  the  city  clerk  a  certified  copy 
of  the  order  or  decision  of  such  commission  refusing  such 
certificate,  and  any  other  evidence  of  such  refusal  that  the 
city  clerk  shall  deem  proper  to  require,  the  licensee  may  have 
a  refund  of  the  license  fee  paid  by  him  less  five  dollars. 

Amend  section  five  to  read  as  follows : 

§  5.  Before  receiving  such  license,  pursuant  to  the  last 
preceding  section,  the  applicant  shall  file  with  the  city  clerk 
a  liability  policy  executed  by  some  insurance  company  prop¬ 
erly  licensed  to  transact  employers  and  public  liability  insur¬ 
ance  in  the  state  of  New  York,  and  which  policy  shall  be  in 
favor  of  the  applicant  for  the  license.  Said  policy  shall  be 
approved  by  the  corporation  counsel  as  to  form  and  by  the 
comptroller  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  as  to  its  sufficiency  and 
shall  be  security  for  the  payment  by  such  licensee  of  any  dam¬ 
ages  occurring  to  or  judgments  recovered  by  any  person  or 
persons,  except  passengers,  to  whom  a  cause  of  action  shall 
accrue  against  such  licensee  on  account  of  damage  or  injury 
to  person  or  persons,  except  passengers,  arising  from  or  out 
of  the  operation  of  such  licensed  vehicle  during  the  term  of 
such  license.  Such  policy  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than 
five  thousand  dollars  for  injury  or  death  to  any  one  person,  or 
less  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars  for  any  one  accident  caus¬ 
ing  death  or  injury  to  more  than  one  person. 

The  policy  such  as  above  provided  for  shall  be  kept  in  full 
force  by  the  licensee  so  long  as  his  license  shall  remain  opera¬ 
tive. 

(Adopted  June  7,  1915.) 

§  6.  No  permit  to  drive  or  operate  any  automobile  for  hire 
shall  be  granted  to  any  person  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years. 

§  7.  The  council  shall  have  the  power  in  determining 
routes  to  be  used  by  persons  operating  and  driving  automo¬ 
biles  for  hire  upon  the  streets  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  to  fix 
and  determine  such  routes  and  the  termini  thereof,  and  may 
provide  for  transfer  systems  to  be  used  by  any  such  person 
or  persons. 


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111 


§  8.  Such  license  shall  be  granted  upon  the  following  con¬ 
ditions  : 

(a)  That  said  licensee  shall  and  will  for  a  period  of  not  less 
than  sixteen  (16)  hours  out  of  every  twenty-four  hours  dur¬ 
ing  the  term  of  such  license  maintain  the  operating  schedules 
and  tariffs  of  fares  approved  by  the  common  council  over  the 
route  or  routes  authorized  by  the  common  council  unless  pre¬ 
vented  by  acts  of  God,  strikes,  or  causes  beyond  the  licensee’s 
control. 

(b)  That  said  licensee  shall  and  will  at  all  times  obey  the 
laws  of  the  state  of  New  York  and  all  ordinances  and  traffic 
regulations  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  in  regard  to  traffic  in  and 
over  the  streets  and  public  places  of  said  city,  and  all  laws, 
ordinances  and  regulations  relating  to  the  operation  of  motor 
vehicles  and  the  carrying  of  passengers  for  hire  in  such 
vehicles. 

§  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful : 

(a)  To  operate  or  permit  to  be  operated  any  such  vehicle 
for  hire  off  of  or  away  from  the  route  stated  and  fixed  in  the 
license  for  the  operation  of  such  motor  vehicle  without  the 
consent  of  the  common  council. 

(b)  To  reconstruct,  materially  alter,  modify  or  add  to  the 
body  or  seating  arrangements  of  any  motor  vehicle  after  the 
license  therefor  is  issued  without  first  applying  for  and  receiv¬ 
ing  the  consent  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Syracuse. 

(c)  To  drive  or  operate  any  such  motor  vehicle  while  there 
is  attached  thereto  any  trailer  or  any  other  passenger  carry¬ 
ing  vehicle. 

(d)  To  drive  any  such  motor  vehicle  during  the  period 
from  a  half  hour  after  sunset  to  a  half  hour  before  sunrise 
unless  the  inside  of  the  body  thereof  shall  be  effectually  illu¬ 
minated. 

(e)  For  any  motor  vehicle  to  pick  up  or  discharge  passen¬ 
gers  at  any  point  on  any  street  or  public  place  except  at  such 
points  and  places  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  commissioner 
of  public  safety. 

(f)  For  any  person  operating  any  such  automobiles  for 
hire  licensed  under  this  ordinance  to  permit  any  person  other 
than  his  or  its  employee  to  stand  upon  the  running  board  or 


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step  thereof  or  sit  upon  the  fender  or  dash  or  doors  of  said 
vehicle,  provided,  however,  that  firemen  and  policemen  of  the 
city  of  Syracuse  when  in  uniform  may  ride  free  upon  any 
such  vehicle  or  any  part  thereof. 

(g)  For  any  person  to  engage  in  the  business  of  operating 
an  automobile  for  hire  under  the  license  provided  in  this  ordi¬ 
nance  unless  he  shall  carry  on  the  front  of  said  machine  a 
sign,  plainly  lettered  and  readable  by  night  and  day,  giving 
the  route  to  be  traversed.  Such  sign  shall  be  approved  by  the 
commissioner  of  public  safety. 

§  10.  In  case  any  license  granted  under  this  chapter  shall 
be  for  the  operation  of  a  motor  vehicle  from  a  specific  termi¬ 
nus  within  the  city  to  a  village,  surburban  settlement  or  other 
specific  terminus  outside  the  city,  between  which  termini 
there  is  no  other  frequent  and  convenient  public  transporta¬ 
tion  service,  the  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  ten  dollars,  such 
license  shall  be  on  condition  that  passengers  shall  not  be  re¬ 
ceived  on  or  discharged  from  such  licensed  vehicle  within  the 
city  limits,  except  at  the  city  terminus,  except  that  on  out¬ 
going  trips  passengers  may  be  taken  on  along  the  route  within 
the  city,  and  on  incoming  trips  passengers  may  be  discharged 
along  the  route  within  the  city.  A  licensee  under  this  chap¬ 
ter  who  operates  a  motor  vehicle  on  a  route  partly  within  and 
partly  without  the  city  shall  not  be  required  to  furnish  a 
liability  insurance  policy  as  provided  in  section  five  of  this 
chapter,  except  to  cover  liability  on  the  portion  of  the  route 
within  the  limits  of  the  city. 

(Amendment  of  June  21,  1915.) 

§  11.  The  common  council  shall  have  the  power  and  au¬ 
thority  to  revoke  any  such  license  at  any  time  when,  in  its 
judgment,  there  has  been  a  breach  of  any  of  the  conditions 
upon  which  such  license  was  granted  without  returning  any 
part  of  the  license  fee  paid  for  such  license. 

§  12.  Any  person,  association  of  persons,  or  corporation 
who  shall  operate  upon  the  streets  or  public  places  of  the  city 
of  Syracuse,  any  motor  propelled  vehicle  as  described  in  this 
ordinance  without  first  procuring  a  license  therefor  as  set 
forth  herein,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 


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ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  upon  convic¬ 
tion  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  Such  conviction  shall 
be  sufficient  ground  for  the  revocation  by  the  common  council 
of  the  license  referred  to  without  return  of  any  part  of  the 
license  fee  paid  for  such  license. 

§  13.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

(Adopted  June  7,  1915.) 

Soliciting  Ordinance. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  solicit 
for  a  hotel,  rooming  house,  garage,  livery,  restaurant,  any 
other  person  or  persons,  in  or  upon  any  of  the  streets,  ave¬ 
nues,  alleys,  or  public  ways  or  places  within  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse,  or  from  any  doorway  or  opening  in  any  building  front¬ 
ing  on  or  leading  to  any  such  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public 
place,  unless  such  person  shall  be  at  least  twenty-one  years  of 
age  and  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  for  at  least  six 
months,  and  shall  first  have  applied  for  and  obtained  a  license 
to  solicit,  and  paid  the  annual  fee  therefor  of  two  dollars  to 
the  city  clerk. 

No  person  shall  be  granted  a  license  to  solicit  for  a  hotel, 
rooming  house,  garage,  livery  or  restaurant  without  filing  the 
written  consent  of  the  owner  or  lessee  of  such  hotel,  rooming 
house,  garage,  livery  or  restaurant,  and  no  such  solicitor  shall 
be  permitted  to  solicit  in  front  of  any  hotel,  rooming  house, 
garage,  livery  or  restaurant  (or  other  place  of  business)  with¬ 
out  filing  the  written  consent  of  the  owners  or  lessees  of  such 
hotel,  rooming  house,  garage,  livery,  restaurant,  etc.,  nor  shall 
any  person  be  permitted  to  solicit  for  or  in  front  of  any  other 
hotel,  rooming  house,  garage  or  restaurant  than  the  one  for 
which  he  takes  out  a  license  and  in  front  of  the  one  which  files 
its  written  consent  with  the  city  clerk. 

Any  person  found  guilty  of  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  and  said  person's  license  to 
solicit  shall  also  be  forfeited  and  such  person  shall  not  be  per¬ 
mitted  to  solicit  for  any  of  the  purposes  of  this  section  in  the 


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city  of  Syracuse  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  con¬ 
viction  of  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  at  once. 

(Adopted  December  29,  1913.) 

Throwing  Rubbish  in  the  Canal. 

Be  it  ordained,  that  any  person  who  shall  sweep,  throw,  cast 
or  deposit  or  cause  to  be  swept,  thrown,  cast  or  deposited  any 
ashes,  dirt,  stone,  brick,  straw,  hay,  grass,  manure,  weeds, 
chips,  shavings  or  rubbish  of  any  kind,  or  any  animal  or  veget¬ 
able  substance,  or  any  slops  or  foul  liquid,  or  foul  substance  of 
any  kind  whatever  into  or  upon  the  margin  of  any  canal, 
creek,  brook  or  other  public  waters  within  the  city  limits  shall 
be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars,  or  to  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary  of  the 
county  of  Onondaga  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  days, 
or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  or  to  pay  to  the  city  a 
penalty  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  to  be  recovered  in 
a  civil  action. 

(Adopted  August  4,  1913.) 

Miscellaneous  Provisions — Speed  of  Motor  Vehicle — 

Throwing  of  Confetti. 

Be  it  ordained,  that  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
operate  and  drive  a  motor  vehicle  on  any  public  highway  of 
and  in  the  city  of  Syracuse  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  one 
mile  in  four  minutes ;  and 

Be  it  further  ordained,  that  the  commissioner  of  public 
works  of  said  city  be  and  he  hereby  is  authorized  and  directed 
to  place  conspicuously  on  each  main  public  highway  where  the 
line  of  said  city  crosses  the  same,  signs  of  sufficient  size  to  be 
easily  readable  by  a  person  using  the  highway  bearing  the 
words,  “City  of  Syracuse;  slow  down  to  fifteen  miles and 
also  an  arrow  pointing  in  the  direction  where  the  speed  is  to 
be  reduced ;  and 

Be  it  further  ordained,  that  any  person  violating  this  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  punishable  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  ;  and 


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Be  it  further  ordained,  that  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi¬ 
nances  of  the  city  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  rescinded ;  and 

Be  it  further  ordained,  that  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect 
thirty-five  days  from  the  date  when  the  same  shall  have  been 
approved  and  signed  by  the  mayor  of  said  city,  and  the  city 
clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  file  with  the  secretary  of  state  a 
certified  copy  of  this  ordinance  at  least  thirty  days  before  the 
same  shall  take  effect. 

(Adopted  November  14,  1910.) 

Be  it  ordained,  that  no  person  shall  throw,  scatter  or  use 
any  confetti,  serpentines,  ticklers,  feather  dusters,  slap-sticks, 
return  balls  or  other  similar  devices,  or  any  other  article  or 
fluid,  in  or  upon  any  street,  gutter,  public  square,  park  or  side¬ 
walk  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  or  in  any  place  where 
people  are  lawfully  congregated  within  said  city. 

Any  person  violating  this  ordinance,  or  any  provision 
thereof,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  liable  to  a  fine 
of  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  ($50),  or  to  imprisonment  in  the 
penitentiary  of  the  county  of  Onondaga  not  exceeding  fifty 
days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

(Adopted  July  29,  1907.) 

CHAPTER  37. 

Ordinances. 

Section  1.  When  any  ordinance  repealing  a  former  ordi¬ 
nance  or  any  clause  or  provision  thereof,  shall  be  itself  re¬ 
pealed,  such  repeal  shall  not  be  construed  to  revive  such  former 
ordinance,  clause  or  provision  unless  it  shall  be  therein  ex¬ 
pressly  so  provided. 

§  2.  Except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  any  person  vio¬ 
lating  any  ordinance  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  or  any 
provisions  thereof  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  liable 
to  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  ($50),  or  to  imprisonment 
in  the  penitentiary  of  the  county  of  Onondaga  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  and  fifty  days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprison¬ 
ment,  or  to  pay  the  city  a  penalty  not  exceeding  five  hundred 
dollars  ($500),  to  be  recovered  in  a  civil  action. 

(Amendment  of  February  20,  1911.) 


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Be  it  ordained  by  this  common  council,  that  no  dance  to 
which  an  admission  fee  is  charged  shall  hereafter  be  held 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  until  writ¬ 
ten  permission  therefor  be  obtained  from  the  commissioner 
of  public  safety. 

Any  person  violating  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dol¬ 
lars,  or  to  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary  of  the  county  of 
Onondaga  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  days,  or  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment,  or  to  pay  to  the  city  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  to  be  recovered  in  a  civil 
action. 


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